Mount Asama last erupted in June 2015. There were no injuries in the small eruption.
08 Aug 2019 11:17 AM
It is the first step in what researchers caution is a very long path towards a future.
01 Aug 2019 3:09 PM
As the temperature continues to rise, the agency and weather officials have warned people to take preventative measures against heatstroke.
31 Jul 2019 6:27 PM
Tensions spiked between Iran and the West after Iranian commandos seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf.
30 Jul 2019 11:05 AM
The 24-year-old Sindhu, after losing first game against Ohori comeback stronger and won the two consecutive games 21-10, 21-13.
25 Jul 2019 8:47 PM
Japan’s laws on LGBT+ issues are relatively liberal compared with many Asian countries, with homosexual sex legal since 1880.
24 Jul 2019 4:19 PM
The Indian Navy this year took part in an annual exercise series with the US Navy and JMSDF.
24 Jul 2019 11:53 AM
The global plan includes the 4,800 job cuts announced in May and will mostly be at factories overseas with low utilisation rates.
24 Jul 2019 10:35 AM
It was worst mass killing in country with one of world’s lowest crime rates since suspected arson attack in Tokyo killed 44 people in 2001.
20 Jul 2019 8:51 AM
At least 33 feared dead after suspected arson attack on Japanese animation studio.
19 Jul 2019 2:57 PM
Japanese media reported the fire might have been set near the front door, forcing people to find other ways out.
19 Jul 2019 2:54 PM
there were questions over how so many people could have died in a country where fire safety is taken very seriously.
19 Jul 2019 2:45 PM
Brent crude futures were up USD 1.17, or 1.9 per cent, at USD 63.10 a barrel by 0505 GMT.
19 Jul 2019 1:13 PM
Police said the fierce blaze appeared to have been started deliberately but there was no immediate information on a possible motive.
18 Jul 2019 1:25 PM
Police said that a 41-year-old man poured what appeared to be petrol around the studio and set it on fire.
18 Jul 2019 1:21 PM
The successful touchdown was greeted with cheering and applause in the JAXA mission control room, with officials grinning and shaking hands.
11 Jul 2019 11:06 AM
Oil prices are being pressured by ongoing worries about demand as the US-China trade war.
09 Jul 2019 9:49 AM
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked residents of the cities to 'take steps to protect their lives'.
03 Jul 2019 4:35 PM
About 900 mm (35.4 inches) of rain has fallen on the southernmost main island of Kyushu, where Kagoshima is located.
03 Jul 2019 1:14 PM
The whale arrived on Monday in the northern Japanese town of Kushiro, where hours earlier five ships had set out on the hunt.
02 Jul 2019 4:51 PM