Japan issued a tsunami advisory for Iwate prefecture in the north of the country on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said, ...

Five people were attacked by bears in three Japanese prefectures on Sunday, but none suffered life-threatening injuries, ...

Bear attacks left five people injured in three Japanese prefectures on Sunday morning, the latest in a series of bear ...

A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern ...

The Japanese weather agency on Sunday issued a tsunami advisory for Iwate Prefecture after an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 ...

Northeastern Japan is prone to earthquakes, including a triple disaster of a quake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in ...

A tsunami of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was detected at Ofunato city in Iwate Prefecture, Ominato port, Miyako and ...

Although the internal affairs ministry overseeing elections said it has not compiled data on similar cases, a town mayor in Aomori Prefecture, north-eastern Japan, was also selected by lottery in 2010 ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory is lifted ...

Japanese confectioner Keiji Minatoya, who was attacked by a bear in 2023, told Reuters news agency that he thinks authorities ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory for Iwate after a 6.8-magnitude quake struck offshore, prompting warnings of possible ...