Japan heatwave 2026 has reached a historic milestone: five consecutive kokushobi days — officially designated "cruelly hot ...

At least 14 people died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said “every second counts” as thousands of military ...

China has lodged a formal protest with Japan after Tokyo joined 13 other countries in reaffirming the 2016 Hague ruling that rejected Beijing's sweeping South China Sea claims.