HEADLINES
Football: Japan held by Sweden, face Brazil in last 32 ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (Kyodo) -- Japan drew with Sweden 1-1 in their final Group F ga...
Zelenskyy says Russia is shifting air defenses to Mosco...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russia is moving a significant part of its air defenses to...
Japan weather agency warns typhoon to make landfall ove...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency on Friday warned that a typhoon could ap...
Hokkaido's Blue Pond to raise parking fees up to threef...
BIEI, Hokkaido -- The government of this northern Japan town will raise parking ...
Japan aims to double women in STEM by 2040, provide sub...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Thursday that it will aim to doubl...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Ramen chain Sugakiya...
The ramen chain Sugakiya has many shops in the Tokai region. Two stores will ope...
Japan approves air force reorganization to boost space ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament on Friday enacted legislation to reorganize ...
Gov't to expand probe on condo transactions to foreigne...
The Japanese government plans to expand its probe into the buying and selling of...
Japan clarifies 'dangerous driving' law with numeric st...
Japan on Thursday passed a revised law on dangerous driving resulting in death o...
Japan weather agency warns of heavy rain as 2 typhoons ...
Japan's weather agency on Thursday warned of heavy rain along the Pacific coast ...
M5.8 quake strikes Chiba Prefecture
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Chiba Prefecture on Fri...
No major damage reported after M7.2 quake off Iwate
Saucepans fell out of kitchen cupboards and security cameras wobbled violently b...
Luxury hotel remodeling historic former Nara prison opens
A luxury hotel converted from a historic former prison in the western Japan city...
Japan household assets at end of March up 7.1% on year ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Household assets in Japan at the end of March stood at 2,386 tr...
Nikkei index rises over 3% on AI, tech gains after stro...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index surged over 3 percent Thursday morning, ...
