HEADLINES
Student who escaped mall explosion after Kumamoto quake...
NAGASAKI -- A 15-year-old high school student from Kumamoto Prefecture who survi...
20,000 'Pink Sigh' petunias leave visitors in awe at Mo...
FUTTSU, Chiba -- A petunia cultivar called "Momoiro Toiki," or "Pink Sigh," is n...
Tokyo stocks rise, Nikkei up 2%, on weak US nonfarm pay...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Monday, with the Nikkei stock index rising ov...
Japan's current account surplus grows 22.5% in 1st half
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's current account surplus in the first half of 2026 rose ...
Western Europe sets new temperature record as heat wave...
BERLIN (AP) -- The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an aver...
Shanghai cancels at least 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolp...
BEIJING (AP) -- Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast on Sunday evening afte...
Editorial: Tokyo's soaring cremation fees underscore ne...
As aging of Japan's population advances, the number of people dying will continu...
Ghibli Park in central Japan to add facility featuring ...
NAGOYA -- A new facility themed on Studio Ghibli's popular work "Nausicaa of the...
BOJ policymaker urged faster rate hikes on inflation ri...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker called for the central bank to cons...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Capsule toys help pr...
A capsule toy machine that helps protect the forest has been installed at the Na...
A-bomb victims' group calls for world free of nukes on ...
NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivo...
Landslide in Nagano left nearly 400 people temporarily ...
Local police in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano said Sunday that a tempor...
Japan eyes enhancing Japanese language support for fore...
The Japanese government is expected to enhance support for beginner Japanese-lan...
Reactor at Fukui nuclear plant shuts down after generat...
One of the reactors at the Oi nuclear complex in central Japan shut itself down ...
Landslide in Nagano leaves nearly 400 people stranded
A landslide that occurred Saturday night in Nagano Prefecture of Nagano has left...
Landslide in central Japan leaves nearly 400 people str...
NAGANO (Kyodo) -- A landslide that occurred Saturday night in the central Japan ...
