HEADLINES
NHK ends Radio 2 broadcast after 95 years, merges channels
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's public broadcaster NHK ended its Radio 2 broadcast feat...
Japan PM drops bid to pass FY 2026 budget on time, Diet...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling party led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Mo...
Takaichi Cabinet support rate dips to 58%; 49% oppose J...
TOKYO -- The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet stood a...
Easy Japanese news in translation: White Romancecar on ...
A display of a "White Romancecar" has started at Odakyu Electric Railway's Roman...
Toyota's global output drops 3.9% in February
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its global output sank 3.9 perc...
Experts call for doubling height limit for buildings ne...
Kyoto should consider relaxing its existing 31-meter height limit on buildings n...
Figure skating: Kagiyama 2nd, Sato 3rd as Malinin wins ...
PRAGUE (Kyodo) -- Yuma Kagiyama took silver and Shun Sato bronze as U.S. star Il...
JR East begins Japan's first shinkansen freight service
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. has launched the country's first freight...
Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon kills 3 journalis...
BEIRUT (AP) -- An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three...
Massive fountain opens on Tokyo Bay waterfront, set to ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A massive fountain featuring elaborate water shows opened on To...
75% of Japan prefectures boosting programs for coexiste...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 75 percent of Japan's prefectures have allocated funds i...
'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Sp...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Large crowds protested Saturday against the war in Iran ...
Japanese manufacturer showcases 130 years of precision ...
TOKYO -- Major Japanese pen manufacturer Zebra Co., based in Tokyo's Shinjuku Wa...
Football: Ito grabs late winner as Japan beat Scotland ...
GLASGOW, Scotland (Kyodo) -- Junya Ito came off the bench to score the 84th-minu...
Zelenskyy visits Gulf Arab states to talk drone defense...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday made u...
North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of a ...
