UPDATES
Japan gov't OKs Niigata nuclear plant evacuation plans,...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government Friday approved evacuation plans in the...
2 university students arrested for allegedly shopliftin...
OSAKA -- The prefectural police here on June 27 arrested two university students...
Iran's Khamenei resurfaces to warn against future US at...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
Japan stays silent on Trump likening Iran strikes to WW...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi on Friday re...
Wide areas of west Japan mark record early end to rainy...
FUKUOKA -- The rainy season has likely ended in wide areas of west Japan, markin...
Japan executes man convicted of 9 murders, 1st hanging ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan executed on Friday a man convicted of the 2017 serial mur...
Hashimoto elected Japanese Olympic Committee chief
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Olympic Committee elected former speed skater and ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Early ripening peach...
Early ripening peaches have reached their harvest season in the city of Nobeoka,...
Editorial: Trump's comparison of Iran attack to WWII at...
U.S. President Donald Trump recently justified his country's attacks on nuclear ...
Japan seeks to end living expenses aid to foreign docto...
Japan's education ministry plans to restrict living expenses support for doctora...
Bear sighting at Yamagata airport halts flights
A bear wandered onto the grounds of Yamagata airport in northeastern Japan on Th...
Russian envoy to Japan to attend A-bomb ceremony in Nag...
Russia's ambassador to Japan will attend an annual peace ceremony commemorating ...
Nikkei stock index ends at 5-month high on firm chip sh...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday for a third straight day, with th...
JR East's new first-class sleeper train to link Tokyo a...
TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will introduce a new overnight limited...
Japanese climber dies, another rescued on Peru mountain
A Japanese woman was confirmed dead and another was reached alive by rescuers af...
NATO just set its defense spending target at 5% of GDP....
TOKYO -- "Rather than a simple call for military expansion, this probably reflec...
