KYOTO--Two “kakejiku” hanging scrolls made using advanced techniques of Nishijin brocade weaving that depict famed “byobu” ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

By Jin Yu Young and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after ...