A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area ...

Rice prices set a record high for a fourth consecutive month amid rising production costs. Wholesale prices paid to farming cooperatives rose 60 percent in December compared with a year earlier.

Japan's central bankers are expected to discuss an additional hike in interest rates at a policy-setting meeting that starts on Thursday. Bank of Japan officials have indicated that they will take ...

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Global baseball's hit king Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player elected to Major League baseball's Hall of ...

The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about 7 miles east of the coastal town of Miyazaki, about 520 miles southwest ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit southwestern Japan on Monday, triggering public warnings to stay ...

Japan’s grueling work culture is again under the spotlight after the death of a journalist at Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) due to overwork. The man, who was in his 40s, died from what is ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

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TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country's Meteorological ...