Grass puffers were observed laying eggs in a sea cove in the Tainamachi district of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. From April to around the beginning o･･･ ...

In April 2024, two SH-60K navy reconnaissance helicopters crashed during nighttime anti-submarine training near Torishima ...

Sakurajima volcano in Japan erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a 3,000-meter ash plume into the air, with authorities closely ...

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force agency continued its search Thursday for two crew members and their plane which crashed ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft ...

But the focus is squarely on Akiko’s long apprenticeship under Kenzo Hidaka (Yo Oizumi), an art teacher in her native Miyazaki Prefecture. In a time of both misinformation and too much ...

Alp horn players perform during the ceremony to open mountains of the Kamikochi highland in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:44 JST, April 28, 2025 A ceremony marking ...

OMI-HACHIMAN, Shiga (Japan): A model of an ancient dog at a museum in Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, is gaining popularity thanks to social media posts showing the dog model “walking” in and ...

The exhibit is open in Sendai until May 6, after which it will be brought to the prefectures of Fukui and Miyazaki this summer and winter, respectively. (Japanese original by Hiroyuki Yamanaka ...

AKITA — Weeping cherry trees along a street lined with samurai residences and Someiyoshino trees along a riverbank are in full bloom in Akita prefecture, delighting visitors. Cherry trees in Semboku’s ...

Hayao Miyazaki's Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro has inspired several renowned directors and creators including Steven Spielberg and John Lasseter. There have also been popular movies that have been ...

But I won’t be depressed. Thanks to Hayao Miyazaki, we had 42 years of magic, enchantment, and great heroines who never had to strip down or dumb themselves down to be the center of attention. And ...