Summer is one of the busiest travel times of the year, but some people who have upcoming itineraries in Japan may be rethinking their plans. The reason: a Japanese comic book, or manga, that warns of ...

Tokio Marine’s purchase of design consultancy part of push to rein in clients’ costs as weather patterns change ...

Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan. Dozens of injuries and several deaths have been reported this year. Many bears are coming down from their mountain habitats and entering residential areas.

Japan's land and infrastructure ministry has showcased the trial use of remote-controlled heavy equipment, developed in Japan ...

In a country where natural disasters are a constant threat, Japan has launched its first private-sector network dedicated to supporting evacuees, aiming to prevent avoidable deaths and safeguard human ...

On a quiet mountainside in Suwa, a city tucked away in central Japan, engineers are preparing to receive a faint but ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan between January and September rose 17.7 percent from a year earlier to around 31.65 ...

The Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has received a shipment of emergency relief goods from the Japan International Cooperation Agency ...

Yamaguchi’s startup, AirKamuy, can afford such mishaps because it makes cheap, mass-produced drones—out of cardboard, of all ...

Disasters are not natural but the result of wrong decisions and mismanagement; funding for disaster risk reduction today will ...

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The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency, has sent emergency relief supplies to support ...