HEADLINES
Japan confectioner Chateraise launches chocolate made f...
TOKYO -- Chateraise Co., one of Japan's largest confectionery makers, headquarte...
Historical records show Japanese American role in postw...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- A group of Japanese Americans recently highlighted through h...
Ohtani strikes out 9 over 6 innings in 2nd pitching-onl...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani struck out nine in six effective innings Tuesd...
Man beats boy, injures police before barricading himsel...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A man with a hammer struck a high school student on the head an...
Kodai Senga to IL and Juan Soto (left forearm) limited ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kodai Senga went on the 10-day injured list with lumbar spine i...
Japan-owned oil tanker passes thorough Strait of Hormuz...
TEHRAN (Kyodo) -- A Japanese-owned tanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude oi...
Japan PM vows all-out efforts toward sustained pay hike...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday her government wil...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Azaleas delight visi...
An azalea plant taller than people is in bloom with bright red flowers. An azale...
Tokyo stocks mixed, Nikkei down on profit-taking in tec...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Tuesday, with the Nikkei index falling...
Baseball: Murakami hits 12th homer to take sole MLB lead
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Munetaka Murakami blasted his 12th homer of the season to tak...
Japan PM Takaichi to depart Fri. for 5-day trip to Viet...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit Vietnam and A...
Wildfires 'largely under control' in northeastern Japan...
Two wildfires in northeastern Japan are now "largely under control," the head of...
Japan startup seeks approval of cat kidney disease trea...
A Japanese startup has filed for approval of a new drug to treat chronic kidney ...
Michael Jackson streams skyrocket after 'Michael' biopi...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Jackson once sang "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." For...
Japan jobless rate in FY 2025 rises to 2.6% as more peo...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's average unemployment rate in fiscal 2025 rose 0.1 perce...
Japan's tiniest municipality sells lifetime bathhouse t...
FUNAHASHI, Toyama -- Japan's smallest municipality at just 3.47 square kilometer...
