At the back of the shrine’s sacred grounds is the grave of Itagaki Taisuke (1837–1919), a patriot from the Tosa clan in what is now Kōchi Prefecture who led the Freedom and People’s Rights ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These ...

A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.

The company surveyed 4,700 Japanese people across the country, taking 100 from each prefecture. One of the questions asked was “Which prefecture do you think is the rival to your own and why?” which ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...