A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released ...

Note: Kobo Daishi is the posthumous name of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835).

The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough ...

The wildfires burned through a cumulative 900ha, but no casualties have been reported. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck off the eastern coast of Japan's Osumi Peninsula on Wednesday, said the country's weather agency.

The Miyazaki mango, known as the 'Egg of the Sun', is the world's most expensive mango, priced at Rs 3 lakh per kilogram.

Wildfires are still spreading across western Japan, with blazes continuing to expand in Ehime and Okayama prefectures.

The next phase of this southern peninsula bike trip traverses the Osumi Peninsula, from Tarumizu to the Shibushi Bay ...

Unseasonably hot weather has covered wide areas in Japan, with temperatures rising 30 degrees Celsius or higher in ...