Fewer than 1% of Japan’s 125m people live outside its five main islands, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido and Okinawa. Remote islands make up about 2% of Japan’s land mass.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan's main island on Sunday (May 22), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of ...

Tracing the northeastern edge of Japan’s main island of Honshu is a pathway stretching more than 620 miles through pristine beaches, elevated clifftops, enchanting forests, and grassy meadows.

Venture into the northern reaches of Honshu, a rarely visited region of Japan’s main island, on a 14-day excursion. The trip, offered by InsideJapan Tours, begins and ends in Tokyo and will take ...