SHIKOKU

​​The magnitude 6.6 quake was centred just off the western coast of the southwestern main island of Shikoku, in an area called the Bungo Channel, a strait separating Shikoku and the southern main island of Kyushu.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan, centered at the Bungo Channel. The quake hit Ehime and Kochi prefectures with an intensity of 6 on Japan's 1-7 scale. No major damage has been reported. Japan accounts for about o...

Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe has died at the age of 88. Oe's novels, which were built from his childhood memories during Japan's postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, were noted for their poetic force an...

The 'mermaid mummy' was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean between 1736 and 1741.

Around 230,000 people were advised to evacuate across eight prefectures due to the tsunami risk, NHK reported. The alert included areas hit by the deadly 2011 tsunami.

Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were born the third and fourth of 11 siblings.

The broader Topix advanced 1.23 per cent to close at 2,008.51, crossing the 2,000 mark for the first time since May 1991. The Nikkei index jumped 1.01 per cent to 30,216.75, its highest close in three weeks.

More than 370,000 head of poultry will be slaughtered and buried after avian influenza was discovered at two breeding farms in Mimasaka city in Okayama prefecture in southwestern Japan, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.

The benchmark Nikkei average rose 0.7 per cent to close at 22,306.48.

If your idea of rejuvenation is venturing into nature, a casual spin on a bicycle is just perfect.

We remain bullish on Coal India and we have a buy target with Rs 460

The third of our travel series tells you on what to see and where to stay when holidaying in Rajasthan and Japan.