Memorial events were held in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17 to remember and pray for the 6,434 people who perished in the Great ...

KOBE: On Jan 20, 1995, three days after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a baby girl weighing 2.97 kilogrammes was born at ...

Andruw Jones, a former Atlanta Braves star who was elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, recalled his days playing for a club in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan, Philippines sign ACSA ...

The US Congress, across party lines, continues to support Taiwan’s sovereignty and independence, and opposes any form of ...

Tepco has restarted unit 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP after NRA approval, following a 14-year nuclear hiatus.

SENDAI - What began as a makeshift carpentry space amid tsunami debris has grown into an internationally recognized furniture ...

The Supreme Court has upheld a life sentence for a Filipino migrant worker convicted of killing and dismembering his girlfriend, rejecting his final appeal. The ruling, issued Tuesday, found no fault ...

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on Tuesday, Jan. 6, followed by a series of sizeable aftershocks, the Japan Meteorological Agency said ...

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday, but no major damage or life-threatening injuries were reported. The magnitude 6.4 quake struck in Shimane prefecture in northwestern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the reporters at her office in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, after a strong ...