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16 Sep 2024

LDP's Hayashi willing to use extralegal means in Taiwan emergency

16 Sep 2024

New diploma in data science, AI to empower future tech leaders

15 Sep 2024

Student at a Japan university shaves her head in support of Palestinians

15 Sep 2024

Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million

15 Sep 2024

China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies

15 Sep 2024

Japan island warned of landslides as typhoon nears China

15 Sep 2024

Koizumi, Ishiba under siege in LDP leadership debate

14 Sep 2024

LDP leader candidates discuss possible snap election

14 Sep 2024

North Korea pledges deeper ties with Russia as security chief visits

13 Sep 2024

Kishida eager to maintain influence after stepping down

13 Sep 2024

Biden to host 'Quad' leaders from Japan, Australia, and India in his Delaware hometown

13 Sep 2024

China’s Xi Jinping to visit Russia next month for the BRICS summit

13 Sep 2024

Japan scrambles jets as Russia aircraft circle country

13 Sep 2024

China defense minister calls for ‘negotiation’ to end Ukraine, Gaza wars

13 Sep 2024

North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons

12 Sep 2024

Koizumi leads LDP leadership race, followed by Ishiba: Jiji poll

12 Sep 2024

Japan congratulates Algeria’s president on re-election

12 Sep 2024

China will ‘crush’ foreign encroachment in South China Sea: military official

12 Sep 2024

N. Korea fires ballistic missiles toward sea of Japan

12 Sep 2024

LDP leadership race officially begins with 9 candidates

11 Sep 2024

Time for TEPCO to face up to reality of decommissioning nuclear plant, group says

11 Sep 2024

Japan, China, South Korea set 40 million tourist target

11 Sep 2024

Kamikawa announces bid for LDP presidency

11 Sep 2024

Japan Crown Princess Kiko turns 58

11 Sep 2024

Mount Fuji crowds shrink after Japan brings in overtourism measures

11 Sep 2024

Japan plans driverless bullet trains

11 Sep 2024

Quad leaders likely to meet in US on Sept. 21

11 Sep 2024

Robot begins 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from damaged Fukushima nuclear plant

10 Sep 2024

Japan's ambassador discusses cooperation with Kuwaiti human rights organization chair

10 Sep 2024

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vows to exponentially boost nuclear arsenal

10 Sep 2024

TEPCO resumes nuclear debris removal work

10 Sep 2024

LDP's Kato says to run in party leadership race

09 Sep 2024

Kono says it might be time to recognize Palestine

09 Sep 2024

Hayashi sees alliance with US and G7 as crucial for Japan’s policies

09 Sep 2024

Nagasaki court recognizes some plaintiffs as a-bomb victims

09 Sep 2024

Japan PM hopeful Kono calls for US assurances to deter nuclear ambitions

09 Sep 2024

Ruling camp-backed candidate wins Ginowan mayoral poll

08 Sep 2024

Japan candidate for prime minister wants ceasefire in Gaza

08 Sep 2024

Saudi Ambassador to Japan visits Japanese school

08 Sep 2024

Mayor opposes construction of Muslim cemetery in western Japan town

07 Sep 2024

LDP leadership hopefuls campaign across Japan

07 Sep 2024

Koizumi not ruling out lifting North Korean sanctions

07 Sep 2024

North Korea sends hundreds more trash balloons south: Seoul’s military

07 Sep 2024

Protesters in Tokyo target Japan’s involvement with Israeli defense industry

06 Sep 2024

Japan's Komeito seen replacing Yamaguchi as leader

06 Sep 2024

Japan's Kishida, South Korea's Yoon call to sustain momentum in improved ties

06 Sep 2024

Toyota cuts 2026 global EV output plans by a third, Nikkei reports

06 Sep 2024

Japan government agrees to measures to help restart Tepco's nuclear reactor

06 Sep 2024

In bid for LDP presidency, Koizumi vows early lower house election

06 Sep 2024

CDP head Izumi announces bid for re-election

06 Sep 2024

Japan govt warns against baseless info about Prince Hisahito

06 Sep 2024

Super Typhoon Yagi slams southern China, shutting schools and canceling flights

05 Sep 2024

US military exercises are pushing region into a ‘catastrophic situation’: N. Korea

05 Sep 2024

Japan to resume trial removal of Fukushima debris

05 Sep 2024

Japan boosts ties with 'likeminded' Australia in face of regional threats

05 Sep 2024

Japan prime minister hopeful Kono says govts should not intervene in deals

05 Sep 2024

Japanese man detained in Belarus

04 Sep 2024

Sudanese diplomat seeks Japan’s help in ‘alarming’ humanitarian crisis

04 Sep 2024

Ex-LDP exec Shionoya not to run in next Lower House election

04 Sep 2024

Japan to set up new body for public transport access

04 Sep 2024

Motegi announces candidacy for LDP leadership

04 Sep 2024

Preparing for the ‘big one’ in earthquake-prone Japan

03 Sep 2024

Japan, Norway ink MOU on defense equipment cooperation

03 Sep 2024

Kishida to visit S. Korea before 60th diplomatic anniversary

03 Sep 2024

Japan's Hayashi announces LDP leadership candidacy

03 Sep 2024

Palestine Olympic chief discusses Gaza situation with Japan’s Foreign Minister

03 Sep 2024

Kishida faction dissolves

03 Sep 2024

Japan PM tells Jordan’s King he wants to avoid further escalation in Middle East

02 Sep 2024

Japan summer was joint hottest on record: weather office

02 Sep 2024

Final preparation said underway for Kishida's S. Korea visit

02 Sep 2024

If China wants Taiwan it should also take back land from Russia, President Lai Ching-te says

01 Sep 2024

Japanese public prefer Koizumi to replace Kishida as prime minister

01 Sep 2024

Reconstruction demand aiding biz recovery 8 months after Noto quake

01 Sep 2024

Japan makes supplement health damage reports mandatory

01 Sep 2024

Typhoon Shanshan turns into tropical cyclone

01 Sep 2024

Tokaido Shinkansen services partially shut for Typhoon

01 Sep 2024

Japanese group wants US Ambassador Emanuel to resign and leave Japan

31 Aug 2024

Japan lodges formal protest over Chinese survey ship entering its territorial waters

31 Aug 2024

Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek

31 Aug 2024

Kishida to skip U.N. General Assembly speech in Sept.

31 Aug 2024

Births in Japan hit record low for Jan.-June

31 Aug 2024

Typhoon Shanshan travels off Japan's Kii Peninsula

30 Aug 2024

Kamikawa regrets confrontation over Polisario representatives at TICAD meeting

30 Aug 2024

Typhoon Shanshan leaves Kyushu in southwestern Japan

30 Aug 2024

Japan, Australia to hold 2-plus-2 security talks on Thurs.

29 Aug 2024

Takaichi to announce LDP presidential bid Sept. 9

29 Aug 2024

Japan police agency to seek 6bn yen for stronger cyberattack measures

29 Aug 2024

China's airspace intrusion a 'wake-up call' for Japan, says US Republican lawmaker

29 Aug 2024

28,000 elderly people die alone in Japan in Jan.-June

29 Aug 2024

Japanese doctors oppose new coronavirus vaccine: 'Replicon vaccine'

28 Aug 2024

Japan’s Foreign Minister urges Iran to help ease tensions in Middle East

28 Aug 2024

Japan summons Chinese official to protest aircraft intrusion

28 Aug 2024

LDP Koizumi to announce presidential bid Sept. 6

27 Aug 2024

Japan PM Kishida to hold ministerial meeting on Tepco nuclear plant restart

27 Aug 2024

High court upholds fine for unification church leader in Japan

27 Aug 2024

US soldier who fled to North Korea to plead guilty to desertion: lawyer

27 Aug 2024

China says 'no intention' of violating foreign airspace after Japan claim

27 Aug 2024

Dolphin bites spark warning on Japanese beaches

27 Aug 2024

Japan says Chinese aircraft incursion a 'serious violation'

26 Aug 2024

SDF to end Noto quake relief mission this month

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