Eight railway operators in the Kanto region are switching to tickets printed with a QR code to cut the maintenance costs of automatic gates and promote the recycling of used tickets. East Japan ...

The rain clouds and a rain front affected by the typhoon can cause downpours accompanied by thunder in the Kanto and other regions on the Pacific Ocean side. The Japan ... in the area by 3 p.m ...

According to government records, a large part of the Nihonbashi area ... all over Japan to repair it. NHK has hundreds of photos of the destruction and suffering caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Cases of parvovirus B19, which causes erythema infectiosum, commonly known as "slapped-cheek disease" due to its signature ...

Some regions of Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan ... Water levels at nine dams in northern Kanto, which supply the Tokyo metropolitan area, have dropped significantly.

The seismic activity could trigger intense shaking across a broad area from the Kanto region all the way to Kyushu, with the potential for significant tsunamis along the Pacific coast. Japan is ...