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Our guide — different than the one who had gone with us in the afternoon, but equally enthusiastic and professional — took us on a guided tour of the Coral Kingdom Pavilion, and introduced us to the ...

Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki was revered in Japan, a big hitter with a sense of style who won 94 times over 29 years on the Japan Golf Tour, the last one coming at the 2002 ANA Open when he was 55.

Himi Kanburi, a high-grade, fatty winter yellowtail caught using 400-year-old traditional methods in Toyama Bay.

The distribution of Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) at the northern edge of the species' range appears to be shaped by ...

The governor of Niigata has formally given local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle toward re ...

Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito is marking his 92nd birthday as his heart condition stabilizes, palace officials say, following health concerns earlier this year.

A local government in Japan voted Monday to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant, which has been closed since 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office two months ago, has backed nuclear restarts to strengthen energy security.

An event where Santa Claus presented Christmas presents to penguins was held at the Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium in Nagasaki on ...