From tea-based cocktails and locally crafted gin to small plates and wine bars, discover a different side to Kyoto once the ...

Strong winds and heavy snowfall in Hokkaido, Japan caused disruptions to train and flight schedules, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported. A total of 14 locations, mainly in eastern Hokkaido, recorded 50cm or ...

In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored in glacial lakes. It’s also the land of the Ainu, an Indigenous people ...

Japan experienced a 7.5-magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture on Monday (Dec 8). The tremors, which injured at least 30 people, were strongly felt across northern Japan, ...

shook the coast of northern Japan on the night of Dec 8. The 57-year-old is on vacation in Hokkaido and took to social media on Dec 9 to assure her fans that she is fine. “We felt aftershocks in our ...

Officials said probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake was only about 1% but they have urged people to be prepared Japan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck ...

Japan is on alert for a possible mega quake after a magnitude 7.5 tremor hit northern regions late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings. Authorities say the next few days will be critical. Monday's ...

Japan lifted all tsunami advisories on Tuesday morning, hours after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off eastern Aomori Prefecture at around 11:15 p.m. Monday, triggering warnings for coastal areas ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Tuesday issued its first special advisory for further earthquakes and tsunamis in the Hokkaido and Sanriku coastal areas following Monday’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake ...

A catastrophic collapse in sardine numbers along South Africa’s west coast left an estimated 60,000 African penguins dead from starvation over an eight-year period, a loss researchers say pushed the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck late ...

A tsunami alert was triggered after a powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, the country's meteorological agency said. The magnitude-7.6 quake struck off Hokkaido, near the coastal ...