When the bay is under a full moon, the real magic starts to happen. In autumn, during the harvest moon, the bay glows with golden light, a phenomenon known as kinpa in Japan.

First-grader Rosalie Tang set $50 on a table in the Francis Scott Key Elementary cafeteria Wednesday and smiled. The 6-year-old knew the money she brought in would buy shelter and food for ...

Fremont resident Yuki Saito-Miller, who grew up in Sendai, Japan, was out to dinner Thursday night and heard someone mention a quake in Japan, but thought little of it; quakes happen there all the ...

The United States Geological Survey is reminding Bay Area residents to be prepared for an earthquake following a deadly 7.6 magnitude temblor in Japan.

With centuries-old tension between China and Japan surging again, the Bay Area's Chinese American community is marshaling its outrage over World War II atrocities. Activists here, leading efforts ...

A ship named after Titletown is headed to Japan.The U.S. Navy says the USS Green Bay is being deployed to Sasebo, Japan to join the 7th Fleet's Forward Deployed Naval Forces.

An earthquake struck the Noto peninsula at around 4:10 p.m., local time, and had a magnitude of 7.6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. According to the ...

Researchers suggest a combination of factors may have contributed to the death of the 14-metre whale, which weighed more than 25 tons. “The warm Kuroshio Current that flows outside Osaka Bay and ...

This map shows how parts of Japan could be impacted by a tsunami, with the color key showing how high in meters waves could reach. Japan Meteorological Agency. The areas at risk include parts of ...

TYPHOON Trami Japan MAP: ... More than 1,100 flights have been cancelled, while Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay, south of Kyoto, has closed its runways. Related articles.

Wherever there are houses haunted by misfortune, Teru Oshima wants to hear about it. He built one of Japan’s most popular real-estate websites by mapping properties with histories of ghastly events.