Japan is no stranger to seismic activity. As one of the most earthquake-prone countries on Earth, it sits atop four major ...

Official campaigning kicked off Thursday for Japan's July 20 House of Councillors election -- the first national poll to be ...

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Akuseki is part of the Tokara island chain south of Kyushu region, which has been rattled by 1,031 quakes since 21 June.

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Japan has seen record tourist arrivals for the year. However an earlier Bloomberg article noted that holiday bookings dropped ...

Japanese companies agreed to raise wages by an average 5.25 per cent this year, their biggest pay hike in 34 years and the ...

As a result of viral rumours of an impending tragedy based on a comic book prediction, some airlines have cancelled flights ...

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The Japanese government has informed the United States that its chief negotiator intends to conduct an eighth round of ministerial-level talks in Washington early next week, a source close to the ...