Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...

Japan confirmed a record 152,536 new COVID-19 cases as of 6:00 p.m. on July 20, exceeding 150,000 for the first time, as record highs were reported in at least 28 prefectures, including Kanagawa ...

All Black backrower Shannon Frizell scored his third try of the season as Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo warmed up for next ...

Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights coach Robbie Deans and his Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo counterpart Todd Blackadder are good ...

Many of key figures in the Kamakura shogunate came from the provinces of Suruga, Izu (now Shizuoka Prefecture), Sagami (Kanagawa), and ... Buddhism in Japan at this stage had no concept of ...

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will designate in advance local governments that will dispatch relief ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

Last year’s finalists throwing another party, and a bout between two of the major contenders who would be king, highlight ...

Following the road collapse in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, a nationwide emergency inspection of sewer pipes discovered ...

Shizuoka -- Local railway operator Izukyu Co. unveiled a 39-character promotional sub-name for Izu-Hokkawa Station here on Feb. 5, which the firm claims may be the longest in Japan. The station's ...