HEADLINES
Global foreign aid falls record 23% in 2025, weighed by...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Global official development assistance fell 23.1 percent in 202...
Japan firms unveil bear-attack helmet with jaw-covering...
HANAMAKI, Iwate -- Two Japanese companies have jointly developed a protective he...
Japan's 'chu-hi' boom hits US as brands chase path to c...
TOKYO -- Japanese canned "chu-hi" alcoholic beverages are arriving in the United...
M5.0 quake hits Nagano Prefecture in central Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck the no...
Japan, Australia conclude frigate development deal
MELBOURNE (Kyodo) -- Japan and Australia said Saturday they have finalized a con...
Japan child-rearing homes more burdened with tax than U...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese government estimate has shown that the proportion of...
Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close i...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ve...
Baseball: Ohtani extends on-base streak to 49 games in ...
DENVER, Colorado (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani extended his remarkable on-base streak...
G7 steps up efforts to break China's grip on critical m...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven countries agreed Frid...
61-year-old Japanese fisherman falls off boat and defie...
Having an accident at sea is one of the more horrific things to happen to a pers...
'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days
Blistering temperatures rising to 40C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot...
Skeletal remains found in bushes in Fukuoka park
Skeletonized human remains were found in a park in Fukuoka City on Friday, polic...
Man confesses to strangling 11-year-old stepson in Kyot...
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A man arrested for abandoning the body of his stepson who had b...
Beloved grandma's vibrant moss phlox carpet in full blo...
GUJO, Gifu -- A vibrant carpet of flowers in colors such as white and pink bloom...
Japan, EU business leaders call for robust supply chain...
BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- Japanese and European business leaders called Thursday for t...
