Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday as semiconductor-related heavyweights declined after a drop in South Korea’s ...

Soil mounds at risk of collapse are still being created across the country. This year has seen a series of typhoons approaching Japan. Measures must be taken urgently so that residents’ safety is not ...

The trend of young people these days choosing not to study abroad is growing. The weak yen and the fact that job-hunting season is starting earlier are said to be contributing factors. The appeals of ...

Plans for a new Defense Ministry bureau are being coordinated by the government and ruling parties. It will likely be ...

Artist Yoichi Hatakenaka, who was suffered from the earthquake and torrential rains that struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture in 2024, is holding an exhibition in Gifu City featuring works ...

Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Ibaraki Prefectural Police headquarters The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A 49-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault for allegedly sewing her ...

The English e-book edition of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s memoir will go on sale on Wednesday. “Shinzo Abe: A Memoir,” published by Chuokoron-Shinsha Inc., reflects on his long tenure in office ...

Shizuoka Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki formally announced his intention on Tuesday to approve the start of construction on the Shizuoka section of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line where construction had ...

The Senju district of Adachi Ward in Tokyo once flourished as a post town on the Nikko Kaido highway that linked Edo (now Tokyo) with Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture. Many old streetscapes in Senju still ...

Three men, including a former director of a nonprofit organization, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of brokering organ transplants in Cambodia and receiving payment in return.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released on Monday photos of the asteroid Torifune captured by its Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer space probe during a successful flyby, revealing a gray ...

Amid ongoing tension between the ruling and opposition parties in the Diet, opposition parties agreed to resume deliberations on bills in the House of Councillors on Tuesday, after Prime Minister ...