Presumably aimed at children, NHK World’s Texico program teaches the main ideas about programming without actually using a ...

Officials in northeastern Japan are searching for thousands of people missing more than a day after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. The confirmed death toll from Friday's twin disasters is 763, ...

TOKYO — A man wielding a hammer wounded five people in Tokyo, including a teenager who was allegedly struck in the face, ...

TOKYO—A typhoon lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as it ...

A 57-year-old man arrested here for stealing a fire engine told police he intentionally started a fire at a train station ...

An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday prompted a short-lived tsunami alert and the advisory of a higher risk of a possible mega-quake for coastal areas ...

A woman's body was found during a missing person search in Japan after a bear attacked a police officer in the same area, ...

A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's coast, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of Hokkaido and Iwate ...

Authorities have warned residents in northeastern Japan to prepare for a potentially larger earthquake following 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Monday.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher ...

The quake, which hit at 4:53 p.m. local time, initially triggered fears of tsunami waves as high as 3 metres. However, waves of up to 80 cm were recorded about two hours later, prompting officials to ...