Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations on Monday following a series of earthquakes which started a fire and trapped people under rubble on...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
No tsunami warning...
A Japanese chemical tanker has collided with a cargo vessel off the coast of south-western Japan.
No-one was injured among the six Japanese crew aboard...
World leaders have expressed shock and anguish over the shooting of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech.
Mr Abe was shot...
Japan has approved new restrictions to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the three most affected south-western regions of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and...
Japan has announced it will suspend entry of all foreign visitors due to the spread of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...