A sacred rope over the Nachi Falls in western Japan has been replaced ahead of an annual fire festival next week.

TOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Wildfires that broke out in Okayama City, western Japan, nearly three weeks ago, have been extinguished, local media reported.

Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as ...

Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat ...