Typhoon Dolphin has moved over Japan’s southern remote islands, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and sending hundreds of people into evacuation...
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan injuring more than 20 people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said.
The Japanese...
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...
