Japan News » Kanto News Japan » Kanto: Isesaki suffers 41.8 degrees heat, highest ever in Japan
Japan sweltered in dangerously high temperatures on Aug. 5, with thermometers in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, marking the highest ever. A record 41.8 degrees was observed at 2:26 p.m. in the city, which ...
News Japan » Kanto: Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto Quake, with disaster drills nationwide
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida staged a televised disaster drill Friday based on a fictional earthquake in the capital region, as his country marked the centennial of the real-life ...
News Japan » Kanto: Typhoon Dujuan brings record-breaking rainfall to Japan’s Kanto region
On the 21st, Typhoon No. 25 ‘Dujuan,’ accompanied by heavy rain, struck Ichikawa City in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In the aftermath, a young boy was seen riding a bicycle on a road where water had ...
News Japan » Kanto: "Japanese Government Covered Up Massacre of Koreans in Kanto Earthquake": New Official Documents Found
Goto Amane, a researcher specializing in the Kanto Earthquake, told Mainichi that a detailed verification of recently discovered official documents from the time indicates the state thoroughly ...
News Japan » Kanto: What if Satake Yoshishige had formed an Eastern Japan Alliance? The Kanto region not solely driven by Edo
The rice and people of the Kanto region would not have flowed solely toward Edo. Merchants would have gathered at the ports of Hitachi, and if a neighboring daimyo were in trouble, the allies centered ...
News Japan » Kanto: Duty in Japan – Exploring the Kanto Plain by Rail
Your browser does not support the audio element. Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan (December 23, 2025) – Every winter, the Tokyo metro area hosts the 10 Railway ...
News Japan » Kanto: Rainy season likely over for Japan's Kanto-Koshin and Tohoku regions
Summer sunlight is seen in central Tokyo. (Mainichi/Kenji Yoneda) TOKYO -- Japan's weather agency announced on July 22 that this year's rainy season appears to be over for the Kanto-Koshin and Tohoku ...
News Japan » Kanto: POKEPARK KANTO In Japan Has Real Life Nurse Joy
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anyone who grew up on Pokémon remembers certain details that were special to them. Poképark Kanto in Japan is taking those details ...
News Japan » Kanto: Japan marks 100 years since Great Kanto Quake with disaster drills nationwide
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the Sagamihara area, southwest of Tokyo, on September 1, 1923, just before noon, triggered a widespread inferno, causing most of the victims to perish in the ...