Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

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Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands ... Although the castle was damaged during an earthquake in 2016, its tower has been meticulously restored, and ongoing efforts continue ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ... Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu. There have been only five occasions when a level 7 was recorded ...

Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corporation has launched Starlink's WiFi service on-board an overnight ferry. In an announcement, KDDI confirmed the service will be free to use for customers, and said it ...

MUNAKATA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Physical labor and traditional practices, long the hallmarks of coastal fishing operations in Japan ... by supercomputers at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, based ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...

which lies between Okinawa and the main island of Kyushu. Japan’s Ministry of Defense , in a Friday release, stated that as part of a 2016 U.S. – Japan agreement to conduct military training ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.