Due to warm air flowing in from the south, downtown Tokyo recorded 30.3 C just after 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, marking the ...

The Iranian national anthem was played for a para taekwondo gold medalist from Taiwan during the medal ceremony on Monday at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, the Organizing Committee admitted ...

The plan for Japan to invest $550 billion (about ¥87 trillion) in the United States, created jointly by the Japanese and U.S. governments, is making steady progress. It is important for the Japanese ...

A probe embodying the pinnacle of Japan’s space technology is heading for Mars. Will it lead to such achievements as unraveling the mysteries of the planet or discovering traces of life? It is hoped ...

The Japan Coast Guard did not attend the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum (NPCGF), which was held in Russia from late September to early October, due to the deterioration of Japan-Russia relations and ...

Koyo Iwabuchi achieved a long-sought goal Tuesday by capturing the gold medal in the table tennis men’s singles class 9 in the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, defeating Zhao Yiqing of China in ...

A local nonprofit organization in Tsuruta, Aomori Prefecture, dedicated to spreading positivity and humor to those who are bald or experiencing hair loss, held its annual humorous event last month to ...

The Empress Emerita turned 92 on Tuesday, enjoying a peaceful life with her husband, the Emperor Emeritus, also 92.

The Kuju Range in Oita Prefecture, known as the ‘roof of Kyushu,’ has entered its autumn foliage season, delighting hikers. Trees such as Japanese enkianthus and maple have painted the mountainsides ...

Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers aims to use the posting system to move to Major League Baseball this offseason, the team announced its approval on Monday.

Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mission intended to become the first to collect samples from the small rocky body and return them to Earth for ...

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to begin providing support in fiscal 2027 to drug makers for them to manage ...