These videos from Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, show the scenes as the city was shaken. Watch: How earthquake shook Japan on New Year's Day. Video, 00:00:52Watch: How earthquake shook Japan on ...

One hundred and seventy-eight men with the same full name pronounced Hirokazu Tanaka assembled in Tokyo on Oct. 29 to set a new entry in Guinness World Records, handily besting the previous ...

Let's embark on an exploration of food from the era of the samurai. In Kanazawa, you can enjoy dishes that lords and samurai used to love—and newly evolved local cuisine too! 1. Cook the rice ...

Etsuko Aoki began a small cooking class in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1957 when she was 24. Knowing she had studied at a culinary school in Tokyo before getting married, her husband’s ...

Two men who make a living by finding new parents for babies who are left anonymously in boxes meet a young woman who left her child behind, but now wants it back; two investigators are hot on the ...

These videos from Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, show the scenes as the city was shaken. New volcanic eruptions have spread fresh panic among residents on the island of Flores. Three astronauts ...

On October 18, the Film Studies Center hosted a talk with award-winning Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. The discussion, which followed a screening ...

By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Hirokazu Koreeda confessed he had wanted to have an in-depth talk with Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia ever since he saw her film All We Imagine as ...

Thank you for reporting this station. We will review the data in question. You are about to report this weather station for bad data. Please select the information that is incorrect.

Thank you for reporting this station. We will review the data in question. You are about to report this weather station for bad data. Please select the information that is incorrect.

Observed at 02:00, Tuesday 12 November BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Japan Standard Time (Asia/Tokyo, GMT+9) unless otherwise stated.