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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sales of electric vehicles are on the rise in Japan, with the figure for the first half of 2026 reaching 59,337 units — 2.1 times the previous year’s first-half figure — and accounting for a ...

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 ...

The JR West QR2-Day Pass offers travelers unlimited rides on non-reserved seats for two consecutive days aboard new rapid services, rapid services and local trains within the free-travel zone of the ...

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 Hayabusa2 space probe’s successful flyby of the asteroid Torifune, using precise guidance technology, showed that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has acquired technology that can be ...