We all like to think we’re immune to scams and con artists around the world, but you never can tell when they’ll come for you ...

Japan on Friday provided South Korea with another batch of passenger lists from the 1945 sinking of a Japanese vessel that ...

More than a year on, Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Kondo, 59, remains the only female SDF officer holding any of the ...

Snow removal work is in full swing along a stretch of a northern Japan road that becomes a "snow corridor" with meters-high ...

AOMORI--The governor of Aomori is set to sign off on storing spent nuclear fuel in the coastal town of Mutsu in this prefecture, launching Japan’s first non-power plant storage facility.

A flock of swans are visiting the "swan meeting plaza" near a river in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture, to rest their ...

The American bomber was refueled on the ground with its engines still running, enabling it to quickly take off again.

Resort Shirakami runs along the picturesque Gono Line from Akita to Aomori Prefecture, providing breathtaking coastal views ...

TOKYO -- Farmed salmon is the most popular item at conveyor-belt sushi restaurants, and about 85% of the supply consumed in ...

Three Japanese exchange students from Hirosaki Jitsugyou High School were treated to a full day of food and cultural ...

Cloudy with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 12 mph (19.3 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 15 mph (9 ...

Japan’s government adopted new decarbonization targets aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% from 2013 levels over the next 15 years, approving a renewed energy plan to help meet ...