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Voice mail helps a daughter cope with her mother’s death.

On the afternoon of June 21, Hisao Ueno was at his home in the hills of Otsuchi, a rural town on the coast of Iwate Prefecture. At around 1:50 in the afternoon the 47-year-old Ueno, who shares the home with his mother and their cat, heard their pet screec...

Japan's Supreme Court ruled that the government should not be held liable for a 2011 nuclear plant meltdown in Fukushima.

TOYONAKA, Osaka Prefecture--The city government here has launched an El Sistema music education program, in collaboration with the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, to offer free classes to children and help revitalize communities.

Japan's Supreme Court ruled that the government should not be held liable for a 2011 nuclear plant meltdown in Fukushima.

SAFETY HARBOR — Nestled between neighborhoods off McMullen Booth Road in Safety Harbor lies a fanciful place with luscious gardens, whimsical fairies and more than 20 different species of butterflies.

A small wooden structure along a trail at Quail Hollow Park holds one stool and a disconnected wall phone. The open-air telephone booth, known as a wind phone, is intended to carry one’s message on the wind.

In this series, Japanese photojournalist Satoshi Takahashi focuses on the diverse heritage of his home prefecture Akita in northern Japan. For this 12

Japan on Friday marked the 11th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated its northeastern region in 2011, with evacuation orders in more parts of areas contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear crisis expected to be lifted later this year. The worst natural calamity ...

Many municipalities hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are scaling back their memorial events a year after the 10th anniversary of the disaster, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.