An earthquake with its hypocenter in northern inland Akita Prefecture occurred around 6:56 p.m. on Friday, registering a seismic intensity of 4 in Kazuno City in the prefecture. According to the Japan ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average gained on Friday, powered by a surge in megacap Uniqlo store operator Fast Retailing on the back ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average tumbled for a second straight day on Thursday, dragged lower by profit-taking in the artificial ...

An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing, officials said ...

Japanese government has lodged a protest with the Chinese government through diplomatic channels regarding its new gas field development in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara ...

A 5-hectare portion of the U.S. military’s Camp Foster — also known as Camp Zukeran — in Okinawa Prefecture is expected to be returned to Japan as early as fiscal 2026, which begins in April, several ...

A wildfire continued to spread on Friday in Yamanashi Prefecture after having broken out on Thursday on Mt. Ogi, which is located west of the Chuo Expressway’s Dangozaka service area and straddles the ...

A report submitted this week to Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama asks the Finance Ministry to cooperate with intelligence ...

Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms are forecast to bloom in Tokyo on March 21, earlier than anywhere else in the country, weather information company Weathernews Inc. announced on Thursday.

China’s export ban on dual-use goods to Japan does not affect items for civilian use, a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

Human error, believed to have caused an accident in which two aircraft collided with each other and burst into flames, has occurred in the past, so why were lessons not learned? This must be ...

A man was found collapsed and bleeding inside a locked apartment in Ota Ward, Tokyo, at about 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Metropolitan Police Department announced ...