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Hokkaido Okinawa Kyushu Tokyo Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Aomori Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture Tohoku Sendai

UNESCO Adds Normandy D‑Day Beaches, Mount Olympus and Four Other Sites to World Heritage List

The decision creates binding preservation obligations for states and signals new attention to threats that could damage those properties.

Japan Records First Official 40°C 'Kokushobi' Days as Heat Warnings Rise

Noto Satoyama Airport Adopts Pokemon With You Name to Aid Quake Recovery

Super Typhoon Bavi Moves Toward East Asia After Pummeling Guam

M6.1 Earthquake Strikes Off Iwate Coast

Twin Tropical Storms and Baiu Rain Front Trigger Mass Evacuations in Japan

Two Tropical Storms Threaten Japan as Meteorologists Warn of Possible Fujiwhara Interaction

Japan Orders Mass Evacuations as Two Tropical Storms Approach Coast

Study Finds Reflected Seismic Waves Triggered 3,000‑km Slip That Shifted Japan East

U.S.-Iran Memorandum Drives Oil Prices Down While Japan Sees Small Pump Increases

Landslide Washes Away House in Kuju Town and Injures Woman

JR East Names New Premium Night Train 'Luna Azul' for 2027

Auburn Student Found Dead Near Kyoto After Days-Long Search

Furano–Biei ‘Norokko’ Tourist Train Enters Final Season

Auburn Student Missing in Kyoto After Yamashina Station Sighting

Man Arrested After Knife Attack in Chitose Leaves Woman in Cardiac Arrest

Jangmi Makes Landfall in Wakayama and Triggers Japan’s Top Flood Alert

Tropical Storm Jangmi Batters Okinawa and Heads Toward Kyushu

May Survey Finds No Squid Caught in Sea of Japan, First Zero Since 2001

Musashitomiyo Is Formally Described as Pungitius nakamuraai