NHK’s “taiga” period drama leaves the pleasure quarters of Edo behind to shift focus on the right-hand man of one of Japan’s ...

The initial jolt was a magnitude 6.2 quake that measured strong 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale. There was no threat of ...

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. That advisory was lifted around two ...

Japan has recorded a series of powerful aftershocks in the past several hours, including a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu and a 4.9 earthquake in the Hokkaido region shortly ...

A huge 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Japan, sparking an urgent tsunami alert. The quake occurred at 7.45pm local time. off the coast of Hokkaido, near the coastal city ...

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake triggered 10 ft high tsunami warnings for across the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, the country's meteorological agency said. That tsunami warning has since been ...

A massive crash involving 67 vehicles in snowy weather killed two people and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for ...

The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's pivot back to nuclear since the 2011 ...

A regional assembly in Niigata where the nuclear plant is located voted in favour of the restart. Read more at ...

More than 20 people were injured when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 70cm in Pacific coastal communities. The country has been bracing ...