Typhoon No. 31 (In-Fa) formed near the Marshall Islands at 3 a.m. on October 24, marking the first time in 13 years that the ...

Four dead fawns with missing body parts have been discovered around Kofukuji and Todaiji temples in Nara between August and ...

A long-running legal battle between two nearly identical Japanese mascots, Chiitan and Shinjo-kun, is heading to the Supreme ...

TOKYO - A critical security flaw discovered in PHP, a programming language used by an estimated 70% of the world's web systems, has triggered widespread disruptions across Japan since October 21, ...

Three national anthem mix-ups occurred on the same day at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, with Iran ...

A growing wave of cyberattacks across Japan has raised concerns over the possible use of Chinese-developed artificial intelligence in hacking operations, with personal information belonging to tens of ...

TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit nearly doubled in the first half of fiscal 2026 to 2.8184 trillion yen, driven largely by surging crude oil prices following turmoil in the Middle East, while the value ...

TOKYO - Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has released a warning video highlighting the dangers of illegal part-time jobs advertised on social media, showing how young people can be drawn into ...

Japan is considering whether to introduce nuclear-powered submarines as part of a broader review of its national defense ...

Police in Kochi Prefecture have released footage of a group of teenagers riding motorcycles recklessly through Kochi City on ...

KAGOSHIMA - Japan's H3 rocket successfully launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft from the Tanegashima ...

A Japanese semiconductor research consortium involving Rapidus and Fujifilm has announced plans to develop an artificial ...