OSAKA--The end of the line is finally coming for West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) 381-series express trains, the oldest model still used for regular services on the main island of Honshu.

Powerful Typhoon No. 7 is projected to slam into the main island of Honshu or Shikoku around Aug. 15, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is now gearing up to issue heavy rainfall warnings.

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

Japan's East Coast of Honshu was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on Richter Scale on April 4. It was the second jolt Japan faced after a 6.1 magnitude of earthquake struck the nation in ...

Heavy snow is expected. The high will be 33°. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant O₃ 63 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard ...

What are some of your accomplishments while at LRC-Honshu? I created step-by-step instructions for packing and documenting shipments, making it easy to understand and streamline the process for ...

Japan boasts the world's longest underwater tunnel, which stretches for more than miles under the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait, but it's now barely being used. Work on the Seikan Tunnel was completed ...

Japan is preparing for potentially devastating earthquake, with experts warning of increased likelihood of tremors with a ...

Once captured, Kyushu would allow for a second phase, if needed. Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu and the Tokyo plain, was scheduled for March 1, 1946. Units in the Pacific, reinforced by ...