The Tenpō Famine of the 1830s was one of the worst in Japanese history, with the poor weather causing escalating rice prices as a major cause. To better understand how historical weather anomalies ...

Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of ...

Thank you for following our live updates on the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the north of Japan. Its epicentre was in the Pacific Ocean and was 10km deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

Residents of the affected region were urged to stay away from coastal areas, while tens of thousands of people were told to go to higher ground. Coverage on this live blog has ended. 'No abnormalities ...

Those who do not laugh at history are doomed to repeat it. These history jokes will provide the lessons and LOLs you need.

Japan's heatstroke alert system became operational for 2026 on Wednesday. The Ministry of the Environment and the Japan Meteorological Agency will issue an alert if the heat stress index is predicted ...

Prologue According to Homer, Chimera was a hybrid monster made up of a lion, the head of a fire-breathing goat sprouting on ...

Akira Kurosawa is a filmmaker whose influence was so strong that it revolutionised cinema beyond his own culture, and while ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday instructed relevant ministers to accelerate efforts to review systems related to working hours, including the discretionary labor system. The instruction was ...

The refund system set up to allow companies to recover illegally collected tariffs from the U.S. government went live on Monday as thousands of companies rushed to file claims. “So far, so good” — ...