From rental families to grief phone booths, Japanese people have used surprising strategies to combat loneliness.

Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back ...

The utility that operates the Fukushima plant that melted down in 2011 restarted a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear ...

The world’s largest nuclear power plant is set to restart Wednesday in north-central Japan for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic power ...

A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Inside the dilapidated building, ...

A perfectly polished Japanese foil ball meets extreme pressure in a hydraulic press. Watch as the layers are crushed and peeled back to reveal what’s really inside, with surprisingly satisfying and ...

This video features US candy makers reacting to Japanese sakura candy, sharing their thoughts on flavor, texture, and how it compares to Western-style confections.

Gilbert Gottfried, who has died at the age of 67, is being remembered by Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Laraine Newman and others ...

YouTube has removed 16 high-profile AI-generated "spam" channels that collectively amassed more than 4.7 billion lifetime views and over 35 million subscribers, according to an updated report from ...

Belgian soprano Ilse Eerens and Japanese mezzo Hiroka Yamashita are absolutely assured as Natasha and Arato, with never the ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off northeast Japan behaved in such an extreme and destructive way.

As of Wednesday, 15 prefectures have been affected, with snow reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in worst-hit areas. The ...