Sato, a 46-year-old native of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, was working as a diving instructor in the southern Thai resort of Khao Lak when the quake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan. He was ...

HANAMAKI, Iwate Prefecture—Hotel employee Chen Mei Hui has helped to put this hot spring resort in northeastern Japan on the must-visit list for many tourists from her native Taiwan. The resort ...

On this anniversary, Japan is slowly rebuilding, and an optimistic feeling of permanence has started to take hold. To see the changes from 2011, use the slider in the below images to see how the ...

Japan's northeastern city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture has been hit by raging wildfires. One person has been found dead and dozens of buildings have been damaged. Firefighters are battling to ...

On the cycling website that logs this data, Kumagai has twice topped the all-Japan leaderboard. 22:30 They're tackling one of Kumagai's favorite routes - a non-stop seven-kilometer ascent, rising ...

More than 80 homes appear to have burned down and some 2,000 people have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire broke out in a northeastern Japan city, local authorities said Thursday, as the ...