Japan will face challenges meeting climate goals while also easing cost-of-living pressures on its citizens, according to the ...

November is just a few days away, but Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji remains snowless, marking the latest date without a snowcap since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest mountain are ...

TOKYO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Japan's government approved on Tuesday new targets to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions through 2040, alongside a revised energy plan and an updated industrial ...

Whenever he’s home, 84-year-old Toshiaki Morioka carries an alarm device that measures temperature and humidity, which can summon emergency responders at the press of a button. He takes it to bed, to ...

Meteorologists and climate detectives are ramping up their focus on a relatively young but increasingly active field of science: finding human fingerprints in extreme weather events.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Sunday successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite on its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship model designed ...

Is there a new pandemic lingering over us? Is Japan at the brink of declaring a health epidemic? After the COVID-19 pandemic, this question has been looming over everyone for a while now. However, it ...

When most people think about bear encounters, they likely thing about the wooded areas of the U.S. that are known for their bear populations, like Alaska. However, bears seem to be wandering out of ...