Recognised as the world's deepest underwater postbox by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2002, this functioning mailbox sits 33 feet under the sea in Susami Bay in Japan's Wakayama prefecture.

The downpour drenched the Noto Peninsula on Saturday, triggering landslides and washing away people and homes, Japan’s national broadcaster said. By Yan Zhuang and Miharu Nishiyama Six people ...

An underwater volcano erupted off Japan's coast three weeks ago, giving birth to a new island. The unnamed undersea volcano, located about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of mainland Japan and ...

Japan's head of swimming operations is expected to resign in the coming weeks after overseeing a team that claimed only one medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games according to sources. Tomoyuki ...

Experience some of Japan's earliest autumn colors on a two-day drive around Mount Daisetsu and Asahikawa. Travel writer Hide ...

The Japanese Swimming Federation has refuted a report published earlier Tuesday that it is replacing its director. Olympic website Inside The Games, citing sources, reported that Takayuki Umehara ...

Japan's population is in freefall, with fewer babies born, more elderly in the workforce, and a shrinking number of residents overall. The country faces a demographic crisis that policymakers fear ...

The Japanese education system has often been criticized for heavily valuing scores and rote memorization. Nonetheless, Japanese students have continuously scored above the worldwide average in the ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...

With its malignant-looking water and gray-faced, stringy-haired ghost figures, Night Swim feels like one of the many American remakes of Japanese horror films. And many of those original films ...

TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the government will continue to analyse the impact of the strengthening yen on the economy and respond appropriately.