A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck northern Japan on Monday. Tsunami advisories have been lifted for the Pacific coastline in northern Japan. But officials have issued an alert for a potential ...

Outdated teaching methods and the rise of language translation apps have made most Japanese less inclined to learn English, ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency says 20-70cm (8- to 27-inch) tsunamis observed at several ports. A powerful 7.5-magnitude ...

Japan has summoned China’s ambassador over an incident in which Chinese military aircraft allegedly twice locked fire-control radar onto Japanese fighter jets, as tensions between the two countries ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, many foreign workers came to Japan because the economy was strong and there were not enough Japanese ...

Every year EF Education First, a Switzerland-based company that provides language learning services and assistance in countries around the world, prepares its English Proficiency Index (or EF EPI) ...

For anyone already travelling in Japan - or planning to - here is what you need to know to stay safe and navigate responsibly ...

Students taking university entrance exams in north Japan next year may have trouble finding flights and hotel rooms. This is ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...

We're totally expecting this game to go under the radar following its release on Xbox this week, but there's an interesting ...

Japan's national soccer team defeated Bolivia 3-0 in a match at Tokyo's National Stadium on November 18. The team capped off its last match of the yea ...

In the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, a local taxi company has begun operating "Santa taxis." Of the company's 100 ...