HEADLINES
Editorial: Japan's disaster responses can no longer be ...
Disasters that claim many lives are occurring one after another across Japan, an...
Toyohiro Akiyama, 1st Japanese to go to space, dies at 84
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyohiro Akiyama, the first Japanese to fly into space and a fo...
Japan to beef up its defense with drones, AI and missil...
Japan plans to use drones, artificial intelligence and new methods of warfare as...
Gov't eyes Hitachiomiya as survey site for nuclear wast...
Japan's industry ministry sought Monday to conduct a preliminary survey in a cit...
Japan survey shows lack of toilet access tops disaster ...
OSAKA -- Sept. 1 is Disaster Prevention Day in Japan. Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., ...
Tokyo stocks mixed on Middle East tensions, capital spe...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Tuesday morning, with investor sentimen...
Baseball: Suzuki blasts 24th homer among 3 hits as Cubs...
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Seiya Suzuki had three hits, including his 24th home run of t...
UN spotlights nuclear weapon states' refusal to ratify ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- With the U.S., Russia, China and other countries that hav...
Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming Hi...
DHADING, Nepal (AP) -- Workers shoveled thick mud from a flood-ravaged power sta...
Japan OKs use of 600 bil. yen in emergency funds for ga...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday decided to use 616.0 billion yen ($3...
Hokkaido and Osaka prefs agree to cooperate toward seco...
SAPPORO -- The governors of Hokkaido and Osaka prefectures met in this northern ...
Japan 10-year gov't bond yield hits 3.0%, highest since...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond jumped t...
New 30-kph speed limit takes effect on Japan's resident...
TOKYO -- A revised enforcement ordinance under the Road Traffic Act took effect ...
Japan gov't eyes city near Tokyo as possible nuclear wa...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industry ministry sought Monday to conduct a preliminar...
Tokyo stocks end mixed as late tech buying pares earlie...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Monday, as late buying of some tech st...
3 killed, 3 injured in head-on crash between car and tr...
TAKASHIMA, Shiga -- Three people were killed and three others were injured after...
