The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku ...

U.S. stock indexes held firmer and finished mixed a day after strong reports on the economy stirred up worries that inflation ...

Mount Fuji, an iconic symbol of Japan, is the tallest mountain and a popular destination for hikers. Japanese roads are ...

Japan's weather agency said Monday that last year was the hottest ... because a warmer atmosphere holds more water. In September last year, floods and landslides killed 16 people in the remote Noto ...

Worldwide, 2024 was expected to have been the warmest recorded, the UN's weather and climate agency said last week, capping a decade of unprecedented heat and other types of extreme weather.

Alex Consani Shares “All the Tips” for Creating a Smoldering, Tom-Ford-Inspired Smoky Eye Naoshima is arguably the most famous of Japan’s art islands and now there's even more reason to visit.

Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases. By Jenny VrentasShannon Sims and Eli Tan Follow the latest ...

The military, which rarely comments on its activities inside Syria, said in a statement that the September 8 raid involved more than 100 Israeli commandos who dismantled the facility in the Masyaf ...

Night - Clear. Winds from NW to NNW at 8 mph (12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 59 °F (15 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). Showers ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...