The bear, which was as tall as about 1.5 meters, stayed on the grounds of an apartment in a residential neighborhood of the ...

A bear about 1.5 meters long spent hours lurking in bushes in a residential area in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday before being killed. After repeated emergency calls from residents, ...

SENDAI--The quiet environment where Atsushi Sato works as a bookstore clerk was turned upsidedown after he won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel “Arechi no Kazoku” (A family in the ...

Japan's biggest refiner Eneos Corp. has been experiencing an unplanned shutdown of the 145,000-bpd crude distillation unit at its Sendai refinery since April 16, a company spokesperson said on Monday.

Date Masamune died in 1636 at the age of 70. Before his death, the famed warlord left instructions for a mausoleum to be built at Kyōgamine on the opposite bank of the Hirose River bordering the ...

India and Japan are working closely on economic security, which includes semiconductors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day official visit to Japan for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit ...

Once a year Sendai bursts into a riot of color as the city streets are decorated with sweeping streamers mounted on tall bamboo poles. Look closely for glimpses of the seven traditional ornaments ...