A total of 54.3% of South Korean respondents had a positive view of Japan, according to a survey conducted in July by South ...

Numerous fishing boats set sail from ports in Fujian Province as a fishing ban imposed by China on its vessels in the East China Sea, including the waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa ...

Ruling and opposition parties appear to be getting close to a shared understanding on establishing a state of emergency clause in the Constitution to prepare for major disasters and other such events.

Children howled with joy in Japanese and Chinese while playing baseball in humid mid-July weather at a field in Guangzhou in southern China.

The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has completed the fourth round of treated water release into the Pacific Ocean for fiscal 2026, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said ...

The government this month established a new unit within the Cabinet Office to support startups with technologies that can be used in government programs, including those related to disaster ...

Preventing online defamation is an urgent priority. Yet, major social media platform operators are neglecting to take appropriate action, posing a serious problem. The government should further ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 struck Kumamoto, Kyushu, at around 3:39 p.m. on Monday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a seismic scale of 3 was observed in Yatsushiro, and a ...

Public-funded demolitions, in which the municipality dismantles and removes homes and other structures damaged in the Kumamoto Earthquake on behalf of the owners, began Monday in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto ...

For pet owners, their dogs, cats and other animals are their family. Owners need to consider how to protect their beloved pets and how to evacuate with them in a disaster.

Kumamon, the bear-like mascot for Kumamoto Prefecture, resumed its activities on Sunday, visiting an elementary school that is serving as an evacuation shelter after the massive earthquake that struck ...

The massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture has dealt a severe blow to one of the country’s leading agricultural regions.