Pro-Abe lawmakers offer plan to 'punish' media; Hyakuta wants Okinawa papers closed
Record number of workers suffer job-related mental illnesses
Shareholders of 9 utilities reject proposals to abolish nuclear reactors
Japan hatches plan to land probe on south pole of moon
MSDF shows off latest patrol aircraft
Woman kills husband over his affair in 1979, gets suspended sentence
Children name 'Yo-kai Watch' characters their favorite over 'Anpanman'
Sharp creates remote monitor of heart, breathing rates of humans, pets
China moves controversial oil rig in South China Sea toward Vietnam coast
Thai regime bans human rights group report on Vietnamese ethnic minority
Buddhism undergoes modern twist to attract young people
INSIGHT: Nepal tent villages symbolize tug of war between major powers over quake relief
Beneath a university campus, a bunker for World War II commanders
U.N. panel leader's long road for equal rights
EDITORIAL: Japan should help accelerate TPP talks for quick agreement
VOX POPULI: R.I.P. Tama, Wakayama’s famed feline ‘stationmaster’
Gothic fans flock to Ranpo fest helmed by anime god Miyazaki at Ghibli Museum
ONE TAKE ON JAPANESE CINEMA:From goodness to greatness
Officials arranging Abe-Putin summit for September
South Korea cuts growth forecast as MERS saps spending
June 26, 2015
Young ruling party lawmakers and a best-selling novelist close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lambasted the two leading dailies in Okinawa Prefecture for opposing the government’s U....
June 26, 2015
Shareholders of the nation's nine regional utilities with nuclear power plants rejected calls for a nuclear-free Japan at their annual meetings on June 25, while management...
June 26, 2015
A record 497 workers were recognized in fiscal 2014 as having job-related mental illnesses caused by stress and long hours at work, according to the labor ministry.
June 26, 2015
The Maritime Self-Defense Force on June 25 unveiled the P-1 fixed-wing patrol aircraft, the latest entry into its air fleet, at Atsugi Base in Kanagawa Prefecture.
June 24, 2015
In a show of confidence, the nation's top three banks and other financial organizations who have been funding embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. have agreed to extend 280 billion yen ($2.26 billion) in loans to the utility for ...
June 18, 2015
Tokyo Electric Power Co. in 2008 recognized the “indispensable” need for countermeasures against a towering tsunami at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but it ended up doing nothing, an internal document showed.
June 26, 2015
An event dedicated to mystery-novel giant Edogawa Ranpo and curated by anime legend Hayao Miyazaki is guaranteed to be weird and wonderful.
June 26, 2015
Editor’s note: This is a column on Japanese movies written by New Zealander Don Brown, a longtime resident of Japan who specializes in creating English subtitles for Japanese films, as well as other cinema-related...
June 26, 2015
BEIJING--China has moved an oil rig at the center of last year's violent dispute with Vietnam closer to Vietnam's coast in the disputed South China Sea, just weeks ahead of the first visit by a chief of Vietnam's Communist...
June 26, 2015
OSAKA--Sharp Corp. has developed a microwave sensor that can measure from a distance the heart and breathing rates of a subject, be it human or animal, the company said June 25.
June 26, 2015
The science ministry plans to land an unmanned probe at the south pole of the moon in the early 2020s in an attempt to enhance Japan’s standing in the space exploration business.
June 26, 2015
KATMANDU--Tent villages remained in place in many parts of the Nepalese capital, a reminder of the great earthquake that struck the central part of this landlocked nation two months ago.
