'Kokuho' director Lee Sang-il gets Kurosawa honor at Tokyo festival
November 4, 2025
Sadaharu Oh among 8 chosen for Order of Culture award
November 4, 2025
Suspect in 1999 stabbing death voices sympathy for the victim
November 4, 2025
TSMC plant in Kumamoto spurs demand for Japanese lessons
November 4, 2025
Four national universities to hike tuition from next April
November 4, 2025
This man’s dreams take flight, one paper plane at a time
November 4, 2025

JSA vague on plan if Takaichi wants to break ban, enter dohyo
November 3, 2025

Japan’s National Stadium to get name under deal with megabank
November 3, 2025

Giant mural at Hiroshima Airport screams ‘no more nukes’
November 2, 2025
Revelers crowd Tokyo’s Shibuya, Shinjuku on a rainy Halloween
November 1, 2025

Aichi police arrest suspect in slashing death of woman in 1999
November 1, 2025

Japan team gets male sturgeon to switch sex, make roe for caviar
November 1, 2025

FSA punishes embattled credit union over pay to dodgy groups
October 31, 2025

RansomHouse group claims responsibility for attack on Askul
October 31, 2025

Shibuya’s Hachiko statue blocked off for third Halloween
October 31, 2025

Riot police given OK to use rifles to take down dangerous bears
October 31, 2025

Record-high absenteeism in schools offset by slowed growth
October 30, 2025

Cabinet-level meeting called to devise ways to halt bear attacks
October 30, 2025

Lifelike Shibuya scramble replica in Tochigi to close at year-end
October 30, 2025

Iwate pulls matchmaking booklet over sexist backlash
October 30, 2025

Lawyers blast ‘limited plan’ to disclose evidence in retrial reform
October 30, 2025

Japan PM pushed back against U.S. request to ban Russian energy imports, sources say
October 30, 2025

Tokyo couple denied housing after disabilities revealed
October 30, 2025

Nagoya teacher admits to sharing illicit images of girls
October 29, 2025

Hakamata’s sister calls for end to death penalty
October 29, 2025

Trump meets with families of abduction victims in Tokyo
October 29, 2025

Tokushima Univ. student found dead in sealed lab with dry ice
October 29, 2025

Imperial garden party welcomes 1,500, including living treasure
October 29, 2025

Ministry plans quicker way for students to gain master’s degrees
October 29, 2025

Accused killer of Abe admits to all charges as trial opens in Nara
October 28, 2025