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A strong earthquake has rattled southwestern Japan, but there were no reports of serious damage

6.9 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Japan triggers tsunami advisories in Miyazaki and Kochi Prefectures. No immediate damage reported.

Japan's foreign minister held talks in South Korea with top officials Monday as the Asian neighbours seek to strengthen ties before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told US President Joe Biden that his blocking of Nippon Steel's takeover of US Steel raised "strong" concerns in both countries, local media reported Monday.

This article explores how social media distorts public perception of the comfort women issue, contrasts it with the depth provided by books and research, and offers a challenge-focused perspective to encourage more critical consumption of online content.

Oh to have worked at Japanese TV show Best Motoring in the 1990s. Regularly, it put together track battles featuring the coolest cars of the era driven by the most talented racers in the country at Tsukuba Circuit. It never missed. This test is particularly interesting, with Japan's best performance cars of…

Lunar landers from Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace will lift off atop the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week, kicking off a busy year of moon missions.

In striving to understand Japanese books and comics, I’ve adopted the habits of a weightlifter: I find my comfort zone then push beyond it

Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s flatlining economy. Adam Withnall reports from Tokyo