Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck ...

Saitama Prefecture lifted an evacuation order on February 19 it had in place for 47 residents near a massive sinkhole ...

A project to open a Starbucks cafe in the parking lot of a park in the Saitama Prefecture city of Gyoda has been suspended ...

A prominent Japanese hibakusha atomic bomb survivor expressed regret Sunday over the Japanese government's decision not to ...

The meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is set to be held in New York in March.

SAITAMA—Parents and children of Chinese heritage are an increasingly common sight at entrance exam venues for competitive ...

Underground cables were cut, causing telecommunication issues in the neighborhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Kurdish residents' association in Japan has filed a damages suit against a man for defaming them through anti-Kurdish ...

Located to the northwest of Tokyo, Kawagoe in Saitama prefecture charms visitors with its old-style buildings and one of its main attractions, the Toki no Kane (Time Bell Tower). Kawagoe was ...

A truck cab that fell into a widening sinkhole in Yashio, Japan, late last month has been found. Officials believe the body ...

The missing cabin of a truck swallowed by a huge sinkhole that emerged at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, was ...

This move follows a road collapse incident in Saitama Prefecture, last month, believed to have been caused by a broken sewage ...