Morioka, Iwate Pref., April 17 (Jiji Press)--The recent forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, burned ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday enacted a revised law to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters ...

Screenshot of the Chinese Embassy in Japan. The Chinese Embassy in Japan on Thursday evening urged Chinese nationals to ...

This north Japan city is crowdfunding using the "hometown tax" donation system to keep an ancient early-summer draft horse ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan ’s Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people and cause economic damage equivalent to half the country’s GDP, the government has warned in a new report.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture—A museum destroyed in the 2011 tsunami disaster is finally back in business after exhibits inundated with seawater and mud were restored with help from experts in ...

Just hours after firefighters extinguished a fire that had led to evacuation orders in two Iwate Prefecture cities, another blaze broke out in one of the municipalities. The second forest fire ...

The mayor of Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has said there is no fear of a fire spreading again from ...

Three people injured in Japan bear attack spree - Food shortages and rural depopulation likely driving wild animals into ...

Another line that connects the inland and coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture is the JR Kamaishi Line. 04:23 This 90-kilometer-long rural line runs from Hanamaki Station, near Iwate Hanamaki Airport ...

Japan's 'Baba Vanga' Ryo Tatsuki has issued a horrifying prediction for the country - that it will see a mega tsunami in July ...

The city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture has declared that a massive forest fire that had ravaged the city since Feb. 26 has ...