Tokyo's all-seeing Skytree tower Tokyo's Skytree soars 634 metres (2,080 feet) upwards, giving spectacular views of the Japanese megalopolis and -- on a clear day -- the majestic Mount Fuji. The ...

SAITAMA (TR) – There have been a series of bag-snatching incidents across the prefecture. Police recorded 12 thefts over a ...

during which much of Tokyo was destroyed by American bombing raids. The sewage system in question in the Saitama prefecture is about 42 years old. “We will have such events more in the future ...

About 38,000 athletes are running through the capital of Japan in the 2025 Tokyo Marathon, one of the nation's largest marathon races.

Following the road collapse in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, a nationwide emergency inspection of sewer pipes discovered corrosion and other abnormalities in three locations in the prefecture.

A labor union of nurses and other staff at medical institutions under Japan's National Hospital Organization staged a ...

Police in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 58-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of breaking into a house and stealing 13,000 yen in cash from the 66-year-old man who lives there.

The prefectural government of Saitama, north of Tokyo, has lifted its request ... at a busy intersection in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, on January 28. The request had been in place since ...

A forest fire in northeastern Japan has scorched the largest area of land in more than 30 years, the central government said ...

YONHAP]   Aging urban infrastructure is to blame. The primary culprit is a deteriorated sewer pipe installed 42 ...

A prominent Japanese hibakusha atomic bomb survivor expressed regret Sunday over the Japanese government's decision not to ...