Newsweek 's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. As of March 14, the locations of 12 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures, as well as via ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

Note FIRST only. Topographical map of the area around the Japanese cities of Himeji and Okayama, on Honshu Island. Shows administrative boundaries, populated places, roads with distances marked, ...

Policy introduced by town’s draconian former mayor is overturned by country’s Fair Trade Commission which orders workers be ...

These are Niseko problems. The powder capital of Asia, and some say the world. Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca, has ...

My hometown is close to Nozawa Onsen (a ski resort on Japan’s Honshu island) that has been battered by snow this year). The snow is very, very wet and heavy there. I can ski much better in ...

Google Maps employs a sophisticated blend of satellite imagery, GPS data, and AI to provide precise navigation. The integration of Gemini AI enables specific searches, while real-time weather and ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The Japan section focuses on the country away from Honshu (Japan’s largest island), particularly Hokkaido and its indigenous Ainu people as well as the Okinawan archipelago.