Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities ...
A team of Japanese researchers has found that a rabbit species native to remote islands in southwestern Japan grow at a ...
To strengthen the defense of the Nansei chain of islands stretching from southwest of Kyushu, the Self-Defense Forces has ...
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the heart of the Japanese capital, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)'s Tokyo ...
The lake is located in Morioka’s Yabukawa district, known as the coldest place on the main island of Honshu. Temperatures sometimes dip below minus 20 degrees, and the lake becomes covered with ...
On track to hit the main island of Honshu early Tuesday, Lan was expected to dump up to 40cm (16 inches) of rain in the 24 hours to 6am local time on Tuesday in some areas, the Japan ...
sea and land assets with which to engage in an invasion of the Japanese main islands. They called the entire project "Operation Downfall" and the first part of this colossal undertaking was called ...
This was how I came across Shimanami Kaido, a 70km-long cycling route that links the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku, weaving through six smaller islands floating in the Seto Inland Sea ...
Japan is actually split into 14,125 islands, but the only two you have to worry about for skiing are Honshu (the large main island) and Hokkaido (its smaller northern neighbor). Luckily, the western ...