A ramen staple from Tokyo, Afuri brings its bright, modern aesthetic to Niseko with minimalist interiors and a lively energy ...

Just south of Tokyo, the Izu Islands, a chain of nine volcanic islands that are part of Tokyo, feel worlds apart from the ...

In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored ...

Decades of devastating quakes, including the Fukushima disaster, have pushed Japan to build some of the world’s most advanced detection and early-warning systems.

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again spotted a distant exoplanet that I have exactly zero interest in ...

Viral TikToks claim that recent geomagnetic storms caused Japan's earthquake oand might predict an imminent Cascadia quake.

On a recent fall trip, I head there because Time Out had proclaimed it “the vibiest district” and “the world’s coolest ...

The eruption began in late October 2023, a few hundred metres off Iwoto’s southern coast, formerly known as Iwojima, the site ...

Izu Oshima is a scuba-diving paradise just an hour and 45 minutes from Tokyo by high-speed jetfoil. The largest of the Izu Islands, it lies 120 kilometers south of central Tokyo and has terrain ...

Japan on Tuesday advised citizens in a wide area to stay ready to evacuate anytime because another big earthquake may strike following the one that occurred off Aomori Prefecture in the northeastern ...

After a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on Monday, Japanese officials issued a rare warning for a potentially even larger follow-up.