Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

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This file photo shows an ambulance on a road. (Mainichi) TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- A Thai woman who was detained at a police station in Ibaraki Prefecture died on the morning of Jan. 12, the police ...

On the other hand, with Osaka being the biggest city in the west of Japan, comparisons are often made between Osaka and Tokyo prefectures in the national spotlight, and 36 percent of Osakans feel that ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a tsunami warning before it was called off, officials said.

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning ...

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area.

A strong 6.8 magnitude struck near the city of Miyazaki in Japan on Monday ... Power later confirmed that the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture is operating normally, with ...

The threat of a tsunami is hanging over Japan after an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude rocked the coast today. Miyazaki prefecture ... two nuclear power plants in Sendai and Ikata, which are nearest ...

13 (UPI) --A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting ... and the Kagoshima Prefecture Sendai nuclear power plant did ...