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As an island nation, Japan has a significant coastline – and the varied topography means lighthouses are necessary to guide ships.

Tottori potters reveal the quiet beauty of mingei folk crafts.

When Masashi Yamaguchi's mother threw her wedding ring into the sea, he believes it was so she could remain strong and move on without her dead husband.

Japanese ballistic missile defense systems are on alert after North Korea told the Japan Coast Guard it would launch a satellite in the next two weeks, USNI News learned. Japan’s Defense Ministry on Monday issued an order that placed its BMD-capable destroyers and Patriot PAC-3 units to destroy any North Korean missiles launched from Wednesday […]

A teenager who had just graduated from high school in March headed eastward 155 kilometers while pulling a hand cart alongside a teacher at her alma mater.

As chatbots are integrated into search results and begin to provide users with answers to politically sensitive questions, they could become subject to manipulation by state actors.

While it’s true that battles filled the headlines, our staff and freelance photographers also managed to capture some well-deserved moments of peace.

The number of bomb cyclones in the North Pacific Ocean has risen 20% compared with 30 years ago. These storms are characterized by high winds, heavy rain and snowfalls that can cause houses to collapse under their weight and strand cars on roads. The threat of "megastorms" with disaster-level impacts looms over cities and is expected to continue increasing due to rising sea surface temperatures caused by global warming.

The U.S. Marine Corps last week test-fired missiles on Hokkaido of the same type that have plagued Russian forces at war in Ukraine.

In a six-month period from April to September, Japanese fighters scrambled 446 times to intercept threatening aircraft from China and Russia, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Many of the aircraft intercepted belonged to the air wing embarked on the People’s Liberation Army Navy aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16). The Japan Air Self-Defense Force […]