Hi, I`m Lowell, a 69-year-old rookie sailor and a never-too-later! I had an aspiration to sail across an ocean solo before I die. I am a Canadian living in Japan, and in 2019, I purchased Wahine, a ...

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all ...

Wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan have burned through over 900 hectares of land. In the Ehime city of Imabari, 417 hectares had been burned as of ...

Tokyo — In Japan's northeast Miyagi prefecture, residents can find life partners via a government-sponsored, Artificial Intelligence-driven matchmaking service. In Ehime, to the southwest ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force continues to battle the fires active in Okayama and Ehime prefectures, and it is unclear of the current status of either situation. Strikes, roadblocks bring ...

Ehime and Kochi prefectures were hit by the quake with an intensity of 6 on Japan's 1-7 scale, the JMA said. Some water pipes burst, but no major damage has been reported, local media said.

Tucked away in a quiet and unassuming area of Ozu, a historic castle town in Ehime Prefecture, is an unusual house — with an even more unusual owner. A former samurai residence, the building is ...

Night - Cloudy with a 85% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 66 °F (18.9 °C). Rain with a high of 75 °F (23.9 °C) and a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday, said the Japan Meteorological Agency, without issuing a tsunami warning.