UNEP is showcasing restoration initiatives in Kanazawa, Japan and other cities as part of a project to increase biodiversity in urban areas and make them more resilient to climate change.

Survivors hope their harrowing memories can help make their hometown the last place on Earth to be hit by a nuclear bomb.

Held annually on 30 August in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, the Omagari Fireworks Festival is recognised as one of the most ...

Indonesia is cracking down on a viral pirate flag that is spreading as a symbol of political protest ahead of independence day.

Spraypainting brick walls in an empty yard, Indonesian artist Kemas Muhammad Firdaus braved midday heat to paint a skull in a ...

People in Hiroshima launched lanterns onto the Motoyasu River, which flows through Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, to ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has become Japan’s oldest living person, following the ...