Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan plans to establish a system allowing the central government to promptly repair locally managed airports damaged by disasters, in place of local governments.

The IAEA Director General has been in Japan this week, supporting local efforts to enhance nuclear safety and environmental remediation, as the country prepares to restart its nuclear power plants ...

Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, and trading house Mitsubishi Corp said on Friday they would move forward with front-end engineering design (FEED) for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production at ...

KASUGA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Prehistoric people in Japan apparently used an advanced system of weights and measurements on a decimal basis, excavations at a Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called ... This network is crucial to informing Japan’s early-warning alert system. When an earthquake of a certain size is detected ...

At a time of population decline and swelling social security expenditure, it’s high time for the public to gain a deeper understanding of the country’s pension system and how it could be ...

The IAEA Director General and his team have been collecting water samples off the coast of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, with scientists from China, Korea and Switzerland, as part of ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning Amami and southern Kyushu residents to exercise extreme caution as Typhoon No. 6 could bring localized torrential rain, landslides and flooding.

The global health agency has repeatedly warned that alcohol causes cancer and has backed clear labeling but has never before been as prescriptive in its call for new government regulations. Earlier ...

SINGAPORE – The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will sound an “Important Message” signal through the islandwide Public Warning System (PWS ... also part of the agency’s efforts ...

A new report highlights the changing perceptions of travel media and marketing, exploring how luxury and lifestyle hotel brands can succeed in attracting a dynamically diverse cohort of luxury ...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Russia’s Altai region on Saturday, with tremors felt in the eastern part of the area, Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said. According to the ministry ...