A 26-year-old woman and her 3-year-old son were found floating in the sea at a fishing port in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday. They were taken to hospital where they were both pronounced ...

With the population of foreign residents in Japan now reaching more than 3.76 million, policies on foreigners have emerged as a key ･･･ ...

Air Force weather preparedness training at the Inoda fishing port on Ishigaki Island drew complaints from Japanese ...

After undergoing rapid intensification on Friday, Super Typhoon Lan has emerged as a force to reckoned with in the northwest ...

The common putat, called Sagaribana in Japanese, is an evergreen tree whose flamboyant blossoms open at night. The tree is ...

Muneo Suzuki's personality and past actions make him a divisive political figure, but he's teaming up with the Liberal ...

An analysis method has found that remains collected in Okinawa last year may be those of an American. The southern Japanese ...

Ahead of the House of Councillors election on Sunday, rival parties are stepping up their rhetoric over the presence of ...

Amphidromous fish – which migrate between freshwater streams and the sea – can move between habitats thanks to ocean currents ...

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST; President and CEO: Karin Markides, in Onna Village, Okinawa) and Qubitcore ...

Work has been paused on a new Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa for more than a month because of weather, but the construction schedule will not be affected, according to Japan’s Ministry of ...

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST; President and CEO: Karin Markides, in Onna Village, Okinawa) and Qubitcore Inc. (CEO: Ryuta Watanuki, Headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) ...