Japan will go ahead with a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, despite South Korea’s last-minute ...

Built as part of the recovery effort, the Michinoku Trail is driving the discovery of a long-overlooked region ...

Japan has approved a $250 billion economic stimulus package centered around initiatives intended to boost incomes ...

The package is aimed at easing rising living costs and promoting business innovation and investment.

Low-carbon power sources, including solar energy and nuclear power, exceeded 30% of total power generation for the first time since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, according to the domestic ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s cabinet approved a stimulus package that’s slightly bigger than last year’s, as he ...

A silvery 10-foot long creature, the oarfish has fueled fishermen's tales of sea serpents — and in some cultures has been a portent of natural disasters.

Legend has it, the oarfish is known to run to the surface only when many humans are about to be in danger. It's believed that the oarfish appears as a warning, to show that an earthquake or a tsunami ...

CNN and USA Today reported on the 20th that the appearance of large deep-sea fish, often considered a bad omen, was seen for ...

The context: On Nov. 6, a researcher on an Encinitas beach spotted an oarfish, measuring 9 to 10 feet long. The fish typically swim at depths of 300 to 3,000 feet and are rarely seen on the surface.

Oarfish, with their long, ribbon-like bodies, are among the most elusive and mysterious creatures of the deep sea.

A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some ...