The Yamanote Line in November marked its 100th year since the train began operating as a loop line. Regarded as the “aorta of ...

Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western ...

Up to 70 percent of bridges with water or sewerage pipes fixed to their girders may lack the strength to withstand violent ...

Tokyo, in its famously efficient way, doesn’t just prepare for disasters—it lets you experience them. Not in a grim, “brace ...

The Hong Kong Security Bureau updated the outbound travel information on Saturday on its website regarding Japan, noting a ...

Concrete 3D printing is revolutionizing the building industry by cutting costs and construction time. However, most current ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima 15 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami ...

Already burdened by a scandal involving endemic corruption, the DPWH could find itself further weighted down by policy flaws ...

In Noto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, farmer Ueno Seiji has resumed harvesting shiitake mushrooms at his agricultural house. The facility was damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake and shipments were ...

At the start of November, the Philippines was battered by two consecutive typhoons, striking just days apart and leaving a ...

Versatile actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who delivered powerful performances in classic films directed by Akira Kurosawa as well as on stage and TV, died of pneumonia on Nov. 8. He was 92.

Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, ...