HEADLINES
Chinese fishing boat seized off southwestern Japan, ski...
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Japanese authorities seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrest...
After deadly explosion at US Steel mill outside Pittsbu...
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) -- For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it...
US restaurant chain Anna Miller's to reopen in Japan af...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. restaurant chain Anna Miller's will reopen in Japan for th...
Japan, US to quicken investment plans under $550 billio...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japan and the United States agreed Thursday to speed up se...
Ogawa chosen as Japan's main opposition leader after el...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's main opposition force, the Centrist Reform Alliance, el...
Japan moves to revise retrial system for 1st time, add ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The advisory panel to Japan's justice minister on Thursday subm...
Man serves as mayor for a day in Hyogo Pref. city as 'h...
KOBE -- A 36-year-old company employee living in Tokyo experienced being a "mayo...
Ukrainian athlete tests the Olympic rules on free speec...
MILAN (AP) -- Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limit...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Nagasaki Lantern Fes...
The Nagasaki Lantern Festival, where lanterns illuminate the winter night sky ov...
New Japan opposition head Ogawa known for impassioned s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Junya Ogawa, the newly elected head of the main opposition Cent...
Editorial: With fewer women elected, gender parity lost...
Even though Japan has its first female prime minister, the number of women elect...
Tokyo stocks end mixed, Nikkei hits intraday record on ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday as investors locked in gains,...
Russia says it will stick to New START's nuclear arms l...
MOSCOW (AP) -- Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with...
SoftBank Group net profit for April-Dec. soars to 3.17 ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday its net profit jumped nearly...
SoftBank Group posts 3.17 tril. yen net profit for Apri...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday its net profit jumped nearly...
JR East to boost technical staff after a series of serv...
East Japan Railway Co President Yoichi Kise says the company will hire more tech...
