There are a lot of ways humanity is readying itself for the effects of climate change, but in Japan, they’re digging. They ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward plans to extend its ban on drinking on the streets to cover the entire ... But Shibuya’s will be the first in Japan to target an urban downtown area.

leaves the scene of the road collapse accident on a street, Friday May 2, 2025 in in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo News via AP) Experts say the Yashio sinkhole was caused by corrosion in ...

Join National Geographic photographer Jonathan Irish on a journey through Tokyo, Japan, capturing the city's vibrant food ...

A vehicle, top right, carrying a body, believed to be that of the driver found during a search inside the sewer pipe, leaves ...

With Halloween around the corner, Tokyo administrators are exploring ... “Even if we educate foreigners after they arrive in Japan about the prohibition of street drinking, the effect is minimal ...

Japan's average unemployment rate in fiscal 2024 fell 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier to 2.5 percent, marking the ...

TOKYO—Global shares rose moderately Thursday after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after ...