TOKYO: Rescuers were on Wednesday (Jan 29) trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a sinkhole for more than 24 hours ...

A sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a driver and his truck in Yashio City, Japan on Monday morning.

TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized ...

Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train ...

A large fire broke out in a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark, Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka in western Japan, ...

Three men believed to be foreigners were taken to the hospital after a suspected incident in Saitama Prefecture, north of ...

TOKYO -- A 21-year-old woman here was arrested on Jan. 7 for allegedly making approximately 670 phone calls to a fire station and obstructing its operations. The Metropolitan Police Department's ...

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Mochi is a popular food in Japan, especially during the New Year's holiday. Tokyo Fire Department officials advise cutting mochi into small pieces and chewing thoroughly before swallowing. While ...

The chief of the Tokyo Fire Department, Yoshida Yoshimi, said in his opening address that this year marks 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the deadly sarin gas attack on the ...

Two of them later died. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, the nine people were aged between 73 and 84, TV Asahi reported. A man in his 70s choked on mochi at his home in Itabashi Ward just after ...

Two people died after a fire broke out in a residential area near Tokyo Skytree on Tuesday evening, local authorities said. An emergency call was received around 5 p.m. reporting a fire at a two-story ...