A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers. In the 1830s, at the tail ...

Many roads built on piled-up soil collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in January 2024.

The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly ...

Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya, central Japan, on Thursday morning, leaving a car stuck but no one ...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

The road then collapsed further ... Sinkholes are increasingly common in Japanese cities, as many have ageing sewage pipeline infrastructure. In 2016, a giant sinkhole in Fukuoka swallowed a five-lane ...

Japanese media said that around 1.2 million ... It looks like the waterway had been covered up and a road built over it, and the roof of the culvert had collapsed,” a user called “kaishi ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. pic.twitter.com/vAg1vopSHu— ...

Diners in Japan looking to savor the flavors of the historic Silk Road need look only as far as southern Saitama. Just a short car ride west from Kita Urawa Station, on National Highway 17 ...