1. Japan’s Finance Minister Kato Katsunobu held talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Wahington on […]
1. Japanese police are preparing to enforce “blue ticket” fines that will be imposed on cyclists for relativel […]
1. US President Donald Trump says he does not intend to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. He made the […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has told new US Ambassador to Japan George Glass that he hopes they c […]
1. Pope Francis died on Monday. He was 88 years old. The Vatican said his death was caused by a stroke and hea […]
1. Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryouhei says he will continue arguing for Japan’s national […]
1. Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei has held a first round of trade negotiations with h […]
1. Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei is leaving for the US for the first round of negoti […]
1. The US government is investigating whether the country’s reliance on imports for semiconductors and pharmac […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has indicated that he will not rush to conclude tariff talks with the […]
1. US President Donald Trump is suspending most of the tariffs he calls “reciprocal” for three months, during […]
1. Lee Jae-myung, former head of South Korea’s largest opposition party has announced he is running for presid […]
1. The United States has launched President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” as scheduled. The measures are […]
1. The South Korean government has officially decided to hold the country’s presidential election on June 3, f […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has expressed his intention to visit the United States if necessary a […]
1. US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs announced has sent global financial markets into freefall an […]
1. The Trump administration has now started charging an additional 25 percent tariff on all auto imports as sc […]
1. Greenland’s public broadcaster issued a satirical report on April Fools’ Day claiming that the territory’s […]
1. A group of scientists has called on the US federal government to “cease its wholesale assault” on science. […]
1. US President Donald Trump has not ruled out the possibility of seeking a third term, saying in a media inte […]
1. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a general election for May 3. The focus is on whethe […]
1. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced an additional 25 percent tariff on imported autos and some […]
1. Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of gr […]
1. A Palestinian correspondent for Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun has been killed in the Gaza Strip alon […]
1. Wildfires continue to spread in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, prompting authorities to urge residents to e […]
1. Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold separate talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Th […]
1. The US White House announced that President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
1. A US federal court has ordered the Trump administration to pause any further attempts to shut down the Unit […]
1. The Israeli military says it carried out a new wave of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning. Acc […]
1. US President Donald Trump says he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, apparently abo […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has admitted that his office gave gift certificates to the offices o […]
1. US President Donald Trump says the ball is now in Russia’s court on the American-proposed ceasefire in Ukra […]
1. The White House press secretary has criticized Japan over a tariff it imposes on US rice imports. Karoline […]
1. People across Japan are remembering tens of thousands of lives lost 14 years ago. On March 11, 2011, a mass […]
1. Mark Carney, a former governor of the Bank of Canada, has won an election to become the leader of Canada’s […]
1. The European Union has reached a broad agreement on a plan to build up its defenses at a summit in Brussels […]
1. Speaking to Fox Business Network on Wednesday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred to Ukrainian President […]
1. US President Donald Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Here are the key […]
1. A senior White House official says President Donald Trump has ordered a temporary halt to US military aid f […]
1. Food and drink prices in Japan are rising at an accelerating pace, driven higher by the increasing cost of […]
1. Japan’s government has decided to provide additional funding to help the Noto region in central Japan recov […]
1. Operations to repatriate foreign nationals freed from scam centers in Myanmar continued on Thursday. Author […]
1. US President Donald Trump has ordered the Commerce Department to investigate an increase in copper imports […]
1. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukr […]
1. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito turned 65 on Sunday. Ahead of his birthday, he spoke to reporters at the Imperial […]
1. It has been one month since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House. In that time, he has sig […]
1. Thursday marks one month since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House. He has been shaking t […]
1.US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence in the progress of negotiations toward a possible Ukraine […]
1. European leaders have gathered in France for emergency talks on Ukraine amid concerns over upcoming US-Russ […]
1. A cold wave is once again approaching Japan. Japanese weather officials say a strong winter pressure patter […]
1. Japan’s Agriculture Minister Eto Taku said the government will release 210,000 tons of rice from government […]
1. The United Nations says the recovery and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after devastation by Israeli atta […]
1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip will end, if the […]
1. US President Donald Trump has formally announced he will place a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum im […]
1. The latest NHK opinion poll shows the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Cabinet is […]
1. Another strong cold spell is likely to hit wide areas of Japan on Friday. Forecasters also report that heav […]
1. The US State Department says the Panamanian government has agreed to no longer charge fees for US governmen […]
1. The International Atomic Energy Agency says that its director general will visit Japan this month to inspec […]
1. US President Donald Trump says he has agreed to a one-month delay on the 25 percent tariffs originally set […]
1. US President Donald Trump says he will speak with Canada and Mexico on Monday before planned tariffs take e […]
1. Some Western countries have begun reacting cautiously to DeepSeek, a China-based developer of the generativ […]
1. NBC News reports that 64 people were on board a plane that crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reaga […]
1. The United Nations says the United States has notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of its withdra […]
1. US electric-vehicle giant Tesla is challenging additional European Union tariffs of up to 35.3 percent on E […]
1. Fuji TV has announced the resignations of President Minato Koichi and Chairman Kanoh Shuji. The Japanese br […]
1. US media outlet Fox News says more than 460 individuals have been arrested in a nationwide federal operatio […]
1. An NHK survey shows that 30 percent of major Japanese companies expect the new US administration’s policies […]
1. US President Donald Trump says he has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to play a role in resolving Russia […]
1. The yen saw a sharp price swing against the dollar on Tuesday following the latest tariff remarks by US Pre […]
1. Israeli and Hamas leaders have marked the start of a six-week ceasefire in Gaza by releasing prisoners and […]
1. Japan marks 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awayji Earthquake. The magnitude 7.3 tremor devastated the cit […]
1. An NHK survey found that more than 60 percent of the survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake f […]
1. South Korean investigators say they have detained President Yoon Suk-yeol. He faces charges of insurrection […]
1. US President Joe Biden has delivered a foreign policy speech ahead of the expiration of his term early next […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor says he expects a telephone call betwe […]
1. US President Joe Biden has pledged to do everything at a federal level to help contain the Los Angeles wild […]
1. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested that North America, including the United States, could be […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump says NATO member countries should increase their defense spending to 5 perc […]
1. The historical TV series “Shogun” has triumphed at the 2025 Golden Globes, taking Best Television Series –D […]
1. Japanese golfer Matsuyama Hideki clinched his 11th career PGA Tour victory at the season-opening event on S […]
1. South Korean investigators have halted their attempts to execute a detention warrant for President Yoon Suk […]
1. The death toll from a New Year’s Day vehicle attack in the southern US city of New Orleans has risen to at […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has delivered his New Year’s message in which he vowed to help a dive […]
1. Officials from the United States have joined the investigation into Sunday’s deadly crash of a passenger je […]
1. Former US President Jimmy Carter, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at the age of 100. Carter […]
1. Overseas-bound travelers are crowding an international airport in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, […]
1. Japan Airlines says its systems have been restored following a glitch caused a cyberattack on Thursday morn […]
1. Japan is set to shoulder over 6.9 percent of the total financial contributions by member countries to suppo […]
1. Japan’s Nippon Steel says a US government panel has decided to let President Joe Biden decide whether it ca […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump has suggested he could demand the return of the Panama Canal after he takes […]
1. A South Korean joint investigation team including police has issued a summons to impeached President Yoon S […]
1. Police in western Japan have arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with the stabbings of two teenagers a […]
1. Sources say Honda Motor and Nissan Motor are expected to sign a basic merger agreement soon. Japan’s second […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump has saic that a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru could ta […]
1. US President Donald Trump has met with Abe Akie, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, at […]
1. US President Joe Biden has pardoned 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences o […]
1. A Japanese court has handed down a not-guilty verdict to a 28-year-old woman who was charged with the murde […]
1. Syria’s newly appointed interim prime minister says he held a Cabinet meeting days after the ouster of Pres […]
1. Delegates of Nihon Hidankyo, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, have entered their hope of a worl […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that the United States may reduce assistance to Ukraine after […]
1. The leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party says President Yoon Suk-yeol should be suspended from […]
1. The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol hangs in the balance, as lawmakers are poised to vote on a […]
1. Multiple South Korean media outlets have reported that opposition parties have submitted a bill to the Nati […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump has called for the release of the hostages being held in the Gaza Strip. He […]
1. Princess Aiko, the daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 23 on Sunday. The Princ […]
1. Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continued on Thursday as a ceasefire took effect in Lebanon between Israe […]
1. Japan’s Diet convened for an extraordinary session on Thursday. Key issues for debate are political funds r […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for “border czar” in the coming administration has visited the south […]
1. A funeral and entombment ceremony, called Renso-no-gi, for late Princess Mikasa began at a burial ground in […]
1. A candidate supported by the Conservative Party of Japan, Hirosawa Ichiro, won the mayoral election in the […]
1. Justices on the International Criminal Court in The Hague have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Min […]
1. When Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and partner Komeito lost their combined majority in the Lower House o […]
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping has held summits separately with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French Pres […]
1. Japan and Britain have agreed to launch an economic version of the so-called “two-plus-two” talks, involvin […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is in Brazil to attend a summit of the Group of G20 major economies. […]
1. Japan’s Princess Mikasa, whose given name is Yuriko, passed away at the age of 101. The princess was the wi […]
1. Senior US government officials say President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday o […]
1. People in China are praying for the souls of dozens of victims killed in a car ramming incident that occurr […]
1. Stocks rose in New York on Monday, with the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 44,000 for […]
1. Japan’s Diet has elected Ishiba Shigeru as the country’s prime minister following a runoff vote in the Lowe […]
1. US President-elect Donald Trump has named his campaign manager Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staf […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is looking to strengthen ties with the US after Donald Trump’s victor […]
1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has removed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing a “cris […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru told reporters on Tuesday that North Korea fired multiple ballistic […]
1. In the US presidential race, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump are m […]
1. The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has released footage that shows a retriev […]
1. In Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers have beaten the New York Yankees 7 to 6 in Game 5 to win […]
1. Japan’s ruling parties plan to hold talks with the opposition Democratic Party for the People. It’s part of […]
1. Political parties in Japan are jockeying to form a majority in the Diet following an election that dealt a […]
1. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says his party’s coalition will seek to stay in power, despite suffering a cr […]
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not denied reports that North Korean troops are in his country. When a […]
1. The BRICS emerging economies have adopted a joint communique that calls for the elimination of unilateral c […]
1. A Japanese high court has ordered a fresh trial for a man who was convicted of killing a junior high school […]
1. Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia in Japan have marked a record high for the third straight week. Mycoplasma pn […]
1. US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday on Sunday […]
1. China’s economy grew by 4.6 percent in the July-to-September period from a year earlier, slowing slightly a […]
1. Japanese actor Nishida Toshiyuki, who was known for performing wide-ranging roles in popular film and drama […]
1. Japan’s new defense minister and the United States Forces Japan’s new commander have agreed that the two co […]
1. It is officially election season in Japan. More than a thousand candidates are kicking off their campaigns […]
1. The Chinese military has mobilized to start massive military drills in waters surrounding Taiwan as a warni […]
1. The leaders of Japan and India have agreed that their countries will continue to work closely together for […]
1. South Korean author Han Kang has been named the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. It’s the f […]
1. Japan’s Lower House has been dissolved for a general election set for October 27. Official campaigning will […]
1. Japanese prosecutors have informed the families of victims in a 1966 multiple murder cases that they will n […]
1. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has said it is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become t […]
1. The new head of NATO, Mark Rutte, has been in his post for less than a week. He has already taken time to v […]
1. US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has made a courtesy call on new Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, […]
1. US vice presidential candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties faced off at a televised debate in […]
1. Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s Cabinet has resigned ahead of the appointment of a new Cab […]
1. The new leader of Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party has officially announced his executive lineu […]
1. A Japanese court has acquitted an eighty-eight-year-old man who was convicted of a murder case that took pl […]
1. The United States, Japan, France and other US allies have announced a joint statement calling for a 21-day […]
1. Emergency officials say the death toll from record rainfall in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture has risen to nin […]
1. Japan’s main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party has approved a new leadership lineup proposed by it […]
1. Members of Japan’s largest opposition party have chosen Noda Yoshihiko as their new leader. He served as pr […]
1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko has called for a review of safety measures for students commuting to […]
1. East Japan Railway says services on the Tohoku Shinkansen line have resumed after two linked trains became […]
1. Japan’s defense ministry has responded to multiple launches of ballistic missiles from North Korea. The def […]
1. The number of centenarians in Japan has topped 95,000, marking a record high for the 54th consecutive year. […]
1. The Japan-set historical series “Shogun” has won a record number of prizes at the 76th Emmy Awards in the U […]
1. The US ambassador to the United Nations says the United States supports the addition of two African countri […]
1. A senior Russian military officer says his country’s troops have retaken 10 settlements from Ukrainian forc […]
1. US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have faced off in a high-stakes televised […]
1. The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has launched a trial to retrieve nuclear fuel deb […]
1. A district court in western Japan has ruled that some of those who were just outside the government-designa […]
1. Rome is considering limiting access to the Trevi Fountain, one of the Italian capital’s most popular touris […]
1. It has been one month since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down on August 5, following dead […]
1. Nippon Steel has unveiled its plan for the management of structure of US Steel if a planned acquisition goe […]
1. In Major League Baseball, Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole three bases on Monday to reach 46 […]
1. Japan’s youngest mayor has taken office following his win in an election held on Sunday. Twenty-seven-year- […]
1. Tropical Storm Shanshan is moving northeast over southwestern Japan. Weather officials are warning that it […]
1. Severe tropical storm Shanshan is moving northward over Kyushu in southwestern Japan, blanketing the surrou […]
1. Typhoon Shanshan is moving slowly northward off Japan’s southwest. The maximum gust speed is forecast to re […]
1. Residents in southwestern Japan are being urged to stay on high alert for destructive winds and flooding. T […]
1. Japan’s Digital Transformation Minister Kono Taro has announced that he will run in the leadership election […]
1. US Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has promised to be ‘a president for all Americans,” as she […]
1. Tropical storm Shanshan is expected to come close to Tokyo’s remote Ogasawara Island chain in the western P […]
1. It is the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The event opened with a ceremonial r […]
1. US Vice President Kamala Harris called for unity on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention […]
1. China’s coast guard says a Philippine patrol vessel has deliberately collided with a Chinese ship in the di […]
1. Typhoon Ampil, now situated off the Pacific coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, has developed into a ve […]
1. Typhoon Ampil is continuing to strengthen as it moves north. It is likely to approach the Kanto and Tohoku […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has announced his decision not to run in the ruling Liberal Democrati […]
1. The Olympic flag aboard a passenger airplane from Paris has arrived in Los Angeles, which hosts the next Su […]
1. The Paris Olympics have drawn to a close, marking the handoff to Los Angeles, which will host the next Summ […]
1. Japan is commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki during World War Two. The cit […]
1. The mayor of Nagasaki says he maintains his decision not to invite the Israeli ambassador to Japan to Frida […]
1. Bangladesh’s presidential office has named Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the head of the interim governm […]
1. Tuesday marks 79 years since an atomic bomb dropped by the United States devastated the Japanese city of Hi […]
1.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reportedly said that Iran and the Iran-backed Shia Muslim group Hez […]
1. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei Stock Average nosedived on Friday with its biggest one-day drop since the “Black M […]
1. Delegates to the US Democratic National Convention are voting online to select Vice President Kamala Harris […]
1. The Bank of Japan has taken a big step to exit its monetary easing measures. The central bank has decided t […]
1. Weather officials are forecasting localized thunderstorms in northern parts of Japan on Tuesday. Previous r […]
1. The mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Monday morning. Japanese we […]
1. The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics will play out on the River Seine on Friday with the slogan — “Ga […]
1. Japanese weather officials have issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the northern prefecture of Yamaga […]
1. Two new opinion polls in the United States suggest Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald […]
1. A poll by CBS News shows that 79 percent of respondents think Vice President Kamala Harris should be the De […]
1. US President Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race. He has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harr […]
1. Former US President Donald Trump has formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination as its candidate f […]
1. Leaders of Japan and Pacific Islands nations have jointly expressed their strong opposition to unilateral a […]
1. US President Joe Biden has resumed his election campaign and underscored the need for gun control. Biden re […]
1. US President Joe Biden has disputed criticism from some Republicans that his comments incited the assassina […]
1. The US Republican Party is to open its convention and officially nominate former president Donald Trump as […]
1. The prime ministers of Japan and Britain have confirmed the security and economic cooperation between the t […]
1. US trade officials fear their Chinese counterparts could be using a back door into the American market, try […]
1. The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Russia’s latest missile attacks across Ukraine. On […]
1. Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has reaffirmed that the country’s support for Russia and anti-Isra […]
1. Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has won her third term in Sunday’s election. Koike addressed her supporters and […]
1. The UK’s largest opposition Labour Party has secured a victory in the general election, ousting the Conserv […]
1. Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that the country’s defunct Eugenic Protection Law, which […]
1. Intense heat gripped much of eastern and western Japan on Thursday, with daytime highs rising above body te […]
1. The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that former President Donald Trump is exempt from prosecution for any […]
1. The latest poll shows that more than 70 percent of US registered voters responded that President Joe Biden […]
1. US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump fiercely attacked each other in their first televi […]
1. The vice governor of Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa has expressed strong anger over the indictment […]
1. A public affairs officer of the US Air Force’s 18th Wing has issued a comment to NHK saying the unit unders […]
1. Japan’s Emperor Natuhito and Empress Masako are on a state visit to the United Kingdom. On Monday, the Empe […]
1. Government figures show Japan has beat a fiscal 2030 deadline to slash food loss and waste by half. The dro […]
1. Japanese weather officials say the rainy season appears to have begun in the Kinki, Tokai and Kanto-Koshin […]
1. NHK has learned of new video footage found in Hiroshima City of an interpreter testifying that J. Robert Op […]
1. The summit between Russia and North Korea is now officially underway. Images from Pyongyang show crowds wel […]
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead of his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, said the two countri […]
1. Delegates to an international conference on peace in Ukraine have adopted a joint communique pledging to ta […]
1. Leaders of the Group of Seven nations have begun their second day of summit talks in Italy with a focus on […]
1. Leaders of the Group of Seven nations are aiming to reach an agreement on a plan to utilize frozen Russian […]
1. Shipments of Japanese plums known as “sumomo” started on Wednesday in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. […]
1. South Korea’s military says its troops fired waring shots when North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the mi […]
1. The Iranian government has unveiled the list of six people allowed to stand in the presidential election on […]
1. The UN General Assembly has elected former Cameroon prime minister Philemon Yang as its next president. His […]
1. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed a strong sense of crisis following reports by a UN weat […]
1. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared victory in the country’s general election after his allia […]
1. Tuesday marks the 35th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square […]
1. Japan is changing the design of its paper currency for the first time in 20 years. Three new banknotes will […]
1. Donald Trump has become the first-ever former US president to be convicted of a crime. A New York jury foun […]
１．Japan’s Princess Kako has visited the World Heritage site of the Old Town of Corfu as part of her offi […]
1. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded Israel immediately cease attacks on Rafah in the souther […]
1. An aerospace engineering expert says North Korea appears to have lost control of a rocket during ascent in […]
1. South Korea’s president says he and the leaders of Japan and China have adopted a joint declaration that in […]
1. Visitors to next year’s world expo in Osaka will be able to pay for their items in shops and restaurants th […]
1. Two major Japanese food makers have teamed up to solve the problem of recycling oily plastic bottles, and a […]
1. The yield on Japan’s 10-year government bond has hit 1 percent. That’s an 11-year high. The benchmark-bond […]
1. Ukraine says it has decided to take part in the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Paris. In a statement on M […]
1. Iranian state-run media say President Ebrahim Raisi has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. The airc […]
1. The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed allegations that Pyongyang is exploring the pos […]
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have confirmed the importance of bilatera […]
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a Chinese media outlet that he is “open to a dialogue on Ukraine. […]
1. Police in Japan say three people have died in a pileup involving seven vehicles that left multiple cars abl […]
1. Many people in Japan harbor an ambition to visit Alaska, Canada, or Scandinavian countries to see, at least […]
1. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he aims to hold a summit meeting with North Korea with support from the U […]
1. Russians have commemorated the former Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany with a ceremony in the capit […]
1. Toyota Motor has posted a record group operating profit topping 5 trillion yen, or 34.5 billion dollars, fo […]
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to start a new six-year term as president on Tuesday. Putin, who tr […]
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun three-way talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and European C […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has arrived in Brazil. He will hold summit talks with Brazilian Presid […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has stressed the importance of maintaining a free and fair rules-base […]
1. Former US President Donald Trump has been fined for repeatedly violating a gag order in relation to his hus […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he has no plans for a snap election after the opposition Constit […]
1. The yen fell to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar, but rapidly rebounded on Monday. The volatile moves […]
1. The Japanese government has conducted its first survey on child abuse linked to the religious beliefs of th […]
1. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son have agreed to work […]
1. The Israeli military continued to carry out intense air strikes against Hamas in northern Gaza on Tuesday. […]
1. A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency is visiting Japan to inspect the discharge of […]
1. Japan’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday afternoon that North Korea has launched at least one apparent […]
1. What is being called the world’s largest general election kicks off in India on Friday, with roughly 970 mi […]
1. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake rocked western Japan late Wednesday night. No tsunami was triggered. The tremor […]
1. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to pressure Russia to end its […]
1. Official campaigning for three Lower House by-elections on April 28 began in Japan on Tuesday. In the No.1 […]
1. Media reports say Israel is considering a counterstrike against Iran, which carried out a massive drone and […]
1. The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka City, western Japan, is scheduled to open one year from Saturday. Constr […]
1. Japan‘s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has vowed to expand ties with the United States in a speech at a dinne […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and his wife, Yuko, now visiting the United States, have attended an i […]
1. A senior Japanese national security adviser has emphasized that an “epic change” is underway in […]
1. The real wages of private-sector workers in Japan fell for the 23rd month in a row in February, as inflatio […]
1. US President Joe Biden has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that US policy with respect to […]
1. Search and rescue efforts continue in Taiwan following Wednesday’s deadly earthquake. On Thursday morning, […]
1. Taiwanese authorities say seven people have died and 736 have been injured in a strong earthquake that occu […]
1. Japan’s industry ministry will provide domestic semiconductor maker Rapidus with up to 590 billion yen, or […]
1. Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou is visiting China from Monday. The focus is on whether he will meet […]
1. Cherry blossoms started blooming in Tokyo on Friday, five days later than they usually do. The Meteorologic […]
1. Australian researchers say China’s Belt and Road initiative is stumbling. They’ve released a ne […]
1. Japan’s health ministry says a major Japanese drug maker has reported the second death of a person wh […]
１．Major Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical says a person who took a health supplement it’s reca […]
1. The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio recently conveyed […]
1. A senior US government official has hinted that next month’s Japan-US summit will discuss technological col […]
1. Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has resumed flights of Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft for the first […]
1. People in quake-devastated Wajima City, central Japan, offered their prayers at their family graves on Wedn […]
1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko has indicated that Japan, along with the United States, plans to spo […]
1. Incumbent Russian leader Vladimir Putin has declared himself the victor in the country’s presidential elect […]
1. Japan plans to ease the country’s strict defense export rules to allow the sale of next generation fighter […]
1. Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo says the outcome of spring wage negotiations is pivotal to central bank d […]
1. This year’s US presidential election will likely be a rematch between President Joe Biden and former Presid […]
1. Two students have graduated from a school in a town on the Noto Peninsula that was heavily affected by the […]
1. Thirteen years have passed since the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nu […]
1. Japanese manga artist Toriyama Akira, known globally for such works as “Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump,” has d […]
1. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening as the Israel-Hamas conflict enters its 6th month, and pessimi […]
1. Nikki Haley has decided to drop out of the Republican presidential nomination race, according to multiple U […]
1. Fifteen US states will soon hold primaries and caucuses on “Super Tuesday” in the Republican nomination rac […]
1. US Vice President Kamala Harris has called on Israel to do more to significantly increase the flow of aid i […]
1. A series of earthquakes have been observed off the eastern coast of Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, since Tue […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has told a Lower House ethics council that his party will consider wh […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he will attend a Lower House ethics meeting on a fundraising sca […]
1. Japan’s ruling and opposition camps are at odds over whether or not a Lower House ethics council meeting sh […]
1. A US expert on Russian politics has stressed the urgent need for Western nations to provide military assist […]
1. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito turns 64 on Friday. Ahead of his birthday, he spoke to reporters at the Imperial P […]
1. The benchmark index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange set an all-time high on Thursday. It has taken more than 3 […]
1. The Japanese government is accelerating its push for offshore wind power. It sees floating turbines as more […]
1. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly been given a Russian-made car as a gift from the country’s P […]
1. Japan is hosting a conference to discuss how to support Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts nearly two years a […]
1. The White House official in charge of East Asia says the United States will support Japan’s efforts to hold […]
1. The unseasonably warm winter in Japan this years has put a damper on a traditional snow festival in a city […]
1. Temperatures across Japan are expected to remain unseasonably high on Wednesday and Thursday, due to a warm […]
1. A working team put together by Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to start discussing pote […]
1. Recovery and reconstruction efforts are continuing six weeks after a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake […]
1. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will occupy and annex South Korean territory in the event […]
1. Volunteers have begun helping people in Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Town, which suffered heavy damage from t […]
1. Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward and property developer Mitsubishi Estate have launched a digital tracking and informat […]
1. The powerful New Year’s Day earthquake damaged more than 50,000 houses in central Japan’s Ishikawa Prefectu […]
1. Expressway operators have closed some sections of toll roads in Tokyo and the surrounding areas as a precau […]
1. Ukraine says its forces have destroyed a Russian missile ship in the Russian-controlled southern region of […]
1. People in Japan are marking one month since a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked communities along the Sea of […]
1. The Japanese government says two parliamentary vice ministers have decided to step down over a political fu […]
1. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he sees “some real hope” in negotiations for a pause in fight […]
1. Japanese investigative sources say a suspected fugitive believed to have been involved in one of several bo […]
1. Japan’s Diet convened an ordinary session on Friday. The primary focus of debate is on political reform inc […]
1. A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death for the arson attack that killed 36 employees at a famous ani […]
1. Multiple news outlets project that former US President Donald Trump will win the New Hampshire primary. It’ […]
1. The two-person race for the US Republican presidential nomination is intensifying. Both candidates are comp […]
1. Officials at the weather observatory at Abashiri City in Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido say ice f […]
1. Tokyo prosecutors have indicted several people over a political funds scandal involving factions of the mai […]
1. Japan Airlines has appointed a former flight attendant as president. She will be the first woman to lead a […]
1. Japan marks the 29th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on Wednesday that devastated the wes […]
1. Former US President Donald Trump has won the Iowa caucuses. This is the first vote in the nationwide contes […]
1. Monday marks two weeks since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck central Japan. The disaster has cl […]
1. Relief efforts continue following the massive New Year’s day earthquake in central Japan. At least 215 peop […]
1. China says it exported a record 4.91 million vehicles last year, making it all but certain that the country […]
1. A survey has found that caregivers at facilities for the elderly and people with disabilities are working u […]
1. Japan’s Defense Minister Kihara Minoru says a total of 6,300 Self-Defense Force personnel are now involved […]
1. NHK has learned from informed sources that data storage devices related to Japanese Lower House member Iked […]
1. Three full days have passed since a major earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast, a […]
1. Qatar-based satellite TV network Al Jazeera says 14 people have been killed in Israel’s overnight bombardme […]
1. Japan Airlines officials are shedding light on the dramatic evacuation of a plane that collided with a Japa […]
1. The extent of the damage following a massive earthquake along the Sea of Japan coast on New Year’s Day is b […]
1. A massive magnitude-7.6 earthquake has struck Ishikawa Prefecture, in central Japan, along the Japan Sea Co […]
1. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global unity to make 2024 a year of building trust and […]
1. Matsumoto Castle in central Japan had a year-end cleanup to prepare for the coming New Year festivities. Th […]
1. A US firm researching the logistics industry says the operations of many commercial vessels in the Red Sea […]
1. Japanese automaker Daihatsu Motor suspended operations at its main assembly plant in Osaka on Tuesday. This […]
1. Major Japanese department store operator Takashimaya says it is looking into why some of the Christmas cake […]
1. Students at Major League player Ohtani Shohei’s old elementary school got the chance to check out some of t […]
1. Health authorities in Tokyo are sounding the alarm about a type of bacterial disease commonly spread among […]
1. Japanese automaker Daihatsu Motor is set to halt shipments of all its domestic and overseas models due to a […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has pledged to regain public trust as Tokyo prosecutors raided the off […]
1. The secretary-general of Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party says he will consider measures to ens […]
1. Japan’s new top government spokesperson Hayashi Yoshimasa has vowed to restore public trust in politics und […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is dealing with the fallout from a political money scandal. It involve […]
1. Japan’s largest opposition party has submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister […]
1. The Lower House of Japan’s Diet has voted down a motion of non-confidence in Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsun […]
1. Pro- Beijing candidates have swept almost all the seats in Hong Kong’s district council elections. The turn […]
1. Japan reported a current account surplus for the ninth straight month in October, mainly due to a decline i […]
1. The US military has grounded all types of Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft deployed around the world fo […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has instructed factions of the main governing Liberal Democratic Part […]
1. The United States responded with caution after France urged the United Nations Security Council to adopt a […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said he has no knowledge of having met with the Japanese branch head o […]
1. Japan is facing the growing challenge of promoting solar panel recycling. Large numbers of panels will need […]
1. The body of a crewmember of a US military Osprey transport aircraft that crashed off the southern Japanese […]
1. The release of captives by Israel and Hamas continued on Tuesday, as a pause in the fighting in the Gaza St […]
1. Qatar says Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the current pause in fighting between the two sides for t […]
1. North Korea has described its launch of a military spy satellite as an exercise of its right to self-defens […]
1. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu reiterated the government’s objections to a recent South K […]
1. There has been no official announcement yet on the starting time of a temporary truce between Israel and th […]
1. Hamas and Israel say they’ve agreed to a four-day pause in the fighting in exchange for hostages. Qatar, wh […]
1. Japan delivered landmine detectors and vehicles to Ukraine during a handover ceremony held in the Ukrainian […]
1. Argentina’s right-wing congressman and economist, Javier Milei, has won the country’s presidential runoff. […]
1. The leaders of Japan and China have reconfirmed their stance of promoting a mutually beneficial strategic r […]
1. China’s foreign ministry is hailing the outcome of President Xi Jinping’s latest summit with US President J […]
1. The Israeli military has raided al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical institution in the Gaza Strip. The m […]
1. Doctors at hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been working for more than a month in perilous conditions. They […]
1. Japan’s government has approved the resignation of State Minister of Finance Kanda Kenji, who repeatedly fa […]
1. US officials have pressed their Israeli counterparts repeatedly for a pause in the fighting in the Gaza Str […]
1. The foreign ministers of the United States and South Korea have agreed to take concerted actions against th […]
1. Britain’s King Charles has delivered his first King’s Speech in Parliament, outlining the government’s poli […]
1. US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have discussed the idea of “tactical p […]
1. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has held its first drill using shelters designated for emergency evacuati […]
1. Israel is stepping up its ground and air offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military sa […]
1. The Japanese government has decided on a package of economic measures worth over 17 trillion yen, or 113 bi […]
1. The government of Thailand has asked Qatar to help secure the release of Thai hostages being held by the Is […]
1. A man has fired shots toward a hospital in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, possibly wounding two people. The […]
1. China’s top uniformed officer has warned that the military “will not be soft-handed” if anyone attempts to […]
1. China’s former premier Li Keqiang died early on Friday at the age of 68, according to state media. China Ce […]
1. Israeli media says that a large number of hostages may be released from Hamas captivity within a few days. […]
1. US leaders are calling for humanitarian pauses in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip to allow for interna […]
1. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Israel to ensure the safety of civilians amid the conflict b […]
1. An NHK staff member in the Gaza Strip has obtained footage taken at one of the main hospitals there. The vi […]
1. US President Joe Biden has called for support for Israel and Ukraine, saying it is vital for US national se […]
1. Israel says it will allow Egypt conditional access to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid. The Israe […]
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Wednesday in Beijing with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two are […]
1. Senior US officials say President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Benj […]
1. US President Joe Biden says it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again. Asked if it is time for […]
1. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will visit five Arab nations in an effort to prevent a further […]
1. Japan’s education and culture ministry has announced it will seek a court order to disband the group former […]
1. The International Atomic Energy Agency says a team of experts from countries including China will visit Jap […]
1. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen called for peaceful coexistence with China in her address on Tuesday to mar […]
1. In the men’s Rugby World Cup, Japan has failed to advance to the knockout stage. The Brave Blossoms lost to […]
1. One year after Japan fully reopened its borders to foreign visitors, inbound tourism is booming. Arrivals i […]
1. A low pressure system and a front are dumping heavy rain on Japan’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido. Atmosp […]
1. US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the post on Tuesday with a vote of 216 in favor, 210 agains […]
1. Two scientists whose “groundbreaking findings” transformed the threat of the pandemic have been awarded the […]
1. The head of an animation firm in Kyoto City has denied in court that his studio stoke the idea for a novel, […]
1. The US State Department has announced that US and Chinese senior diplomatic officials held talks in Washing […]
1. Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will start the second round of the release of treated and diluted wate […]
1. Okinawa’s governor has indicated he will not approve by Wednesday’s deadline the Japanese government’s proj […]
1. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has hinted at the possibility of President Xi Jinping’s attendance at the […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has mapped out a new economic stimulus package partly in response to […]
1. Japan’s Crown Prince and Princess Akishino have attended a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of diploma […]
1. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing harm to people worldw […]
1. US President Joe Biden has hosted the first summit between his country and five Central Asian countries. Th […]
1. The Group of Seven foreign ministers have issued a statement denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ca […]
1. North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Un’s latest visit to Russia has brought about a radical new turn in th […]
1. Japanese police are searching the headquarters of used car dealer chain Bigmotor in relation to alleged use […]
1. North Korea says the country’s leader Kim Jong Un sand Russian President Vladimir Putin reached a “satisfac […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will reshuffle his Cabinet on Wednesday evening. He made Liberal Democ […]
1. A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entered the Russian Far East. Russian governme […]
1. The yield on Japan’s 10-year-government bond has risen to its highest level since January 2014. It hit 0.70 […]
1. Tropical storm Yun-yeung is approaching central Japan and may make landfall as early as Friday evening. Atm […]
1. The head of Johnny & Associates talent agency has said its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa sexually abus […]
1. Public prosecutors have indicted a man suspected of throwing an explosive device that landed near Prime Min […]
1. Japan’s government has decided to extend over 20 billion yen, or more than 140 million dollars, in emergenc […]
1. People in Japan are turning to a tax-reduction plan to help the nation’s fishing industry after China impos […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has urged people to act to protect their lives in a mock news confere […]
1. The labor union of the Sogo & Seibu department store chain has staged a one-day strike. The flagship s […]
1. The United Nations has emphasized the need to quickly implement the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will visit Indonesia and India next month for a series of internation […]
1. The Japanese government has outlined a plan to build underground shelters where people can evacuate in the […]
1. US media reports say the plane crash that is believed to have killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin […]
1. Tokyo Electric Power Company said it has started discharging treated and diluted water from the Fukushima D […]
1. The release of treated and diluted water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is schedul […]
1. Japan’s government has finalized when it will begin releasing treated and diluted water from the Fukushima […]
1. Scorching heat continues to grip Japan on Monday, pushing temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius in many pla […]
1. A senior US official has stressed that the upcoming three-way summit involving the United States, Japan and […]
1. Hawaii Governor Josh Green says the death toll from the Maui wildfires has risen to 110. Green said search […]
1. A trail of destruction has been left by Tropical Storm Lan as it plows through central and western Japan. W […]
1. The fighting stopped long ago, but the millions killed continue to be remembered. Japan is marking 78 years […]
1. Churchgoers in Maui have been praying for the victims of the wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiia […]
1. Russia has launched its first lunar probe in nearly half a century, with the aim of becoming the first coun […]
1. The Chinese government has allowed the resumption of group tours by its citizens to 78 more countries and r […]
1. US space agency NASA has unveiled the Orion spacecraft being developed for a manned flight around the moon, […]
1. Weather officials in Japan are warning people to be on alert ahead of the arrival of Severe Tropical Storm […]
1. Former Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro has laid flowers at the grave of the former Taiwan President Lee Te […]
1. Japan’s weather officials continue to urge people in Okinawa Prefecture to be on high alert as Typhoon Khan […]
1. Data from Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency show 7, 235 heatstroke patients were taken to hospita […]
1. Donald Trump has been indicted in connection with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. It’s the third […]
1. A large and very strong typhoon is approaching Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa. Officials are callin […]
1. Japan has triumphed at the Fencing World Championships, clinching its first ever men’s team foil title with […]
1. Data from Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency show 7,235 heatstroke patients were taken to hospital […]
1. Life-threatening high temperatures were forecast across Japan on Thursday, and officials are urging steps t […]
1. Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that he will step down in the coming weeks […]
1. Twenty-five years have passed since a fatal arsenic poisoning at a summer festival in western Japan. Four p […]
1. This year’s air-raid evacuation drills began in Taiwan on Monday. The annual exercises are aimed at prepari […]
1. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu says Japan will strongly demand at the United Nations Secu […]
1. Workers at the Acropolis, Greece’s top tourist attraction, say they will go on strike from Thursday to prot […]
1. The Japanese consul general in Portland, a city in the western US state of Oregon, was attacked by an appar […]
1. Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies have begun their second day […]
1. A group of researchers says a higher basal body temperature made intestinal bacteria more active in mice an […]
1. News outlets say that US authorities have opened an investigation into the developer of Chat GPT, the Al-po […]
1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed the long-term security guarantees from the leaders of […]
1. Japan’s defense ministry says it believes the missile North Korea launched earlier Wednesday fell into the […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, who is an route to Europe, is expected to visit Poland on Tuesday bef […]
1. A Kremlin spokesperson has revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin met Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of […]
1. A Japanese group of dementia patients and their families is seeking the speedy approval in Japan of a drug […]
1. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says the leader of Russian private military firm Wagner Group, Ye […]
1. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi met residents of Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday t […]
1.Children at an elementary school in a village in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, have marked the th […]
1. Two astronauts chosen for the role by Japan’s space agency in February have spoken to reporters in Tokyo be […]
1. The Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in the US state of Hawaii have […]
1. A Russian newspaper says a senior general with the country’s military has been arrested in connection to th […]
1. Japan’s COVID-19 cases are rising again, especially in the southern prefecture of Okinawa, as people enjoy […]
1.An independent Belarusian group says a private jet apparently owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia […]
1. A US media outlet says Janet Yellen, the country’s treasury secretary, may visit Beijing early next month f […]
1. All five people on board the missing Titan submersible are believed to be dead after searchers discovered d […]
1. Rescuers are racing against time to find a submersible carrying five people that went missing on a visit to […]
1. Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, has struck a deal with federal prosecutors that will likel […]
1. The meteorological agencies of the United Nations and the European Union say 2022 was the warmest year on r […]
1. The leaders of Japan, the US and South Korea are expected to meet in the United States shortly to discuss t […]
1. Policymakers at the Bank of Japan have wrapped up their two-day meeting. They say they are leaving the cent […]
1. The suspect in the shooting that left two Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members dead has told police that […]
1. Two Self-Defense Force members have died and another was injured in a shooting incident in Gifu city, centr […]
1. Japan’s government has approved measures to address the country’s declining birthrate by increasing financi […]
1. NATO has begun its largest air deployment exercise since its establishment in 1949 in an apparent show of i […]
1. A bill to revise Japan’s immigration law has been enacted after passing the Upper House of the Diet by a ma […]
1. Torrential rain is expected to hit western Japan and Pacific coastal areas of eastern Japan on Thursday and […]
1. Sweden’s defense minister has indicated that his country is ready to join NATO and expressed hope that its […]
1. Ukraine has accused Russia of destroying a hydroelectric power-generating dam in the country’s south. It sa […]
1. Temperatures topped 30 degrees Celsius in many parts of Japan on Monday. People in areas affected by heavy […]
1. The US Senate has passed a bill to suspend the government’s debt ceiling, paving the way for President Joe […]
1. The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to suspend the government’s debt ceiling, paving the way […]
1. A large typhoon is moving toward the Okinawa region in southwestern Japan. Japan’s Meteorological Agency sa […]
1. A large and powerful typhoon is expected to approach the Okinawa region in southwestern Japan from Wednesda […]
1. Japanese government officials say North Korea has told the International Maritime Organization of plans to […]
1. Police in central Japan have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the killing of four people, incl […]
1. Newly released minutes of the last US Federal Reserve policy meeting show officials were divided over wheth […]
1. A senior Ukrainian military officer says the country’s forces are not joining pro-Ukrainian volunteer soldi […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he does not plan to introduce new tax increases to fund gov […]
1. A team of South Korean experts has started a four-day survey in Japan to check on the safety of treated and […]
1. The leaders of the Group of Seven nations have started talks in Japan’s western city of Hiroshima. Issues o […]
1. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has told a Chinese envoy that his country will not accept a peace […]
1. Japan and China began operating a defense hotline between the two nations on Tuesday. The hotline is design […]
1. China’s latest key statistics indicate a mild economic rebound from last year’s COVID slump. The National B […]
1. The White House says President Joe Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Thursday ahead […]
1. A Japanese expert says strong earthquakes and tsunami could strike the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan c […]
1. Beijing is looking to deepen ties with Paris amid growing pressure from the West. China’s foreign minister […]
1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has marked his first year in office and pledged efforts to create a co […]
1. Russia’s president marked a key wartime anniversary by claiming his country is under attack again. Vladimir […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he wants to further strengthen ties with South Korean President Y […]
1. More details are coming in about an earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. A […]
1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of shelling multiple locations in the southern r […]
1. British police have arrested a man for throwing suspected shotgun cartridges onto the ground of Buckingham […]
1. The Asian Development Bank has unveiled a new loan program to help emerging and developing economies fight […]
1. Final arrangements are being made for Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to make a two-day visit to Sout […]
1. The Bank of Japan has wrapped up a two-day policy meeting—the first since Ueda Kazuo became its governor ea […]
1. Japan’s health ministry has officially decided to downgrade the legal status of the coronavirus on May 8. T […]
1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and US President Joe Biden visited a memorial for the Korean War in Wa […]
1.Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says all Japanese nationals and their families who wanted to leave Khartoum, th […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he sees the results of Sunday’s Diet by-elections as encouragemen […]
1. A paramilitary group clashing with Sudan’s armed forces says it has agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire on humani […]
1. Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has named a replacement for the head of its 8th Division who was on board […]
1. Japan’s government is preparing to send Self-Defense Force aircraft to transport Japanese nationals from Su […]
1. News stats suggest China’s economy is turning the corner as the government’s ultra-strict coronavirus measu […]
1. Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations agreed on Monday that Russia must immediately and unconditi […]
1. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces have found part of a helicopter that disappeared last week with 10 people on bo […]
1. Japanese weather officials say yellow sand from China’s deserts has blown into wide regions from northern t […]
1. Yellow sand swept across Beijing and other parts of China, sending air pollution surging to hazardous level […]
1. The United States and the Philippines have begun their largest-ever joint military drills, with 17,600 pers […]
1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio agreed with the new Bank of Japan governor there is no need to immedia […]
1. Organizers of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka have announced the event is going completely cashless. Vis […]
1. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has met with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarth […]
1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says his country wants to secure its cooperation with NATO to st […]
1. Former US President Donald Trump is now in New York, on the eve of his arraignment scheduled for Tuesday. A […]
1. A new Japanese agency in charge of implementing policies for children and families has begun full-scale ope […]
1. A New York grand jury has indicted former US President Donald Trump, making him the first former president […]
1. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen started a tour of two Central American countries on Wednesday. The trip inc […]
1. Myanmar’s military-appointed election commission has announced that the political party led by Aung San Suu […]
1. US investigators say a fatal school shooting in the southern state of Tennessee that claimed the lives of s […]
1. China’s Foreign Ministry says a Japanese man detained in the country is suspected of engaging in espionage […]
1. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed to further solidify the country’s three-way security cooper […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio returned to Tokyo on Thursday morning after visiting Ukraine and othe […]
1. Japan has won the World Baseball Classic for the third time, beating the defending champion United States 3 […]
1. Japan advanced to the final of the World Baseball Classic by beating Mexico 6-5. “Samurai Japan” will face […]
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow to hold summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Put […]
1. Western analysts say Russia’s offensive in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk may be losing steam as U […]
1. The Japanese Prime Minister and South Korean President are holding talks in Tokyo. Kishida Fumio and Yoon S […]
1. Economic data released by China on Wednesday show the world’s second-largest economy picking up at the begi […]
1. South Korea’s military says North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday morning. Thi […]
1. Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Oe Kenzaburo died of old age on March 3. He was 88. Oe won the Nobel […]
1. Policymakers at the Bank of Japan have wrapped up their two-day meeting on Friday, the last one for Governo […]
1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will visit Japan for two days from next Thursday to hold summit talks […]
1. Japan’s Imperial Household Agency has resumed processions of horse-drawn carriages for newly appointed fore […]
1. The Japanese government has approved a draft of revisions to the immigration law and related legislation. T […]
1. South Korean officials have unveiled a plan to settle a longstanding issue with Japan. They say South Korea […]
1. NHK has learned that preparations are underway to launch Japan’s new H3 flagship rocket on Monday. The Japa […]
1. Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 are meeting for a second day in New Delhi, where the war in Ukraine […]
1. At least 29 people are dead after two trains collided in Greece. Eighty-five others are injured. The crash […]
1. US media says one of the federal agencies comprising the country’s intelligence community now concludes the […]
1. A boat crowded with migrants from Afghanistan, Iran and other countries has capsized off the coast of Italy […]
1. The government’s nominee for Bank of Japan governor has told a Lower House hearing that he intends to stick […]
1. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has greeted the general public on his birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Th […]
1. Japan and China have held their first security dialogue in about four years. Senior foreign affairs and def […]
1. US President Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine was accomplished after careful planning and strict control of inf […]
1. Ukrainian leaders are bracing for major missile attacks as the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion appro […]
1. Experts are trying to figure out why Japan’s new H3 flagship rocket was not able to lift off from a site in […]
1. Candidates to become the next head and deputy heads of the Bank of Japan are set to explain their ideas on […]
1. Providing aid to survivors has been especially hard in Northwest Syria as the civil war in the country cont […]
1. Russia is believed to be intensifying its offensive against Ukraine ahead of the first anniversary of its i […]
1. The death toll from a series of earthquakes that have rocked Turkey and neighboring Syria over the past wee […]
1. Japanese weather officials have issued heavy snow warnings for central Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture, locate […]
1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made pitches to allies around the world, but rarely in person. […]
1. The death toll from Monday’s earthquake and aftershocks that hit Turkey and Syria has surpassed 8,300, as d […]
1. Two men suspected of orchestrating a series of robberies across Japan have arrived in the country to face s […]
1. A powerful earthquake struck south-east Turkey on Monday morning, reportedly leaving at least 100 people de […]
1. US television network ABC has aired images of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been observ […]
1.Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says his country is seriously concerned about the further extens […]
1.A UN human rights expert on Myanmar has called for a coordinated response by the international community ahe […]
1.The members of the UN Security Council discussed North Korea for the first time this year during a meeting o […]
1.The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will arrive in Japan on Monday. He is expected to discuss […]
1.An expert panel of Japan’s health ministry agreed on Friday that COVID-19 should be downgraded to the same c […]
1.Germany has announced that it will supply its highly capable Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The German governme […]
1.Weather officials forecast heavy snow will continue to fall in areas along the Sea of Japan coast in norther […]
1.Many areas across Japan are expected to be affected by the coldest air mass of the season from Tuesday. Weat […]
1.Police in the United States say the suspect in a deadly shooting outside Los Angeles has been found dead of […]
1.Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has instructed ministers to consider steps toward recategorizing COVID- […]
1.Eyes around the world will soon turn to Germany where defense chiefs with the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza […]
1.Politicians, business leaders, academics and activists are weighing in on global issues from a resort town i […]
1.China says its population dropped by around 850,000 people last year, marking the first decline in 61 years. […]
1.The world Economic Forum will open its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday with the slogan “Coop […]
1.Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has found some common ground with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trud […]
1.Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and his British counterpart, Rishi Sunak, have affirmed unity ahead of […]
1.Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni have agreed to upgrade the […]
1.Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed the two nations will w […]
1.Brazilian media outlets say security authorities have removed supporters of the country’s former President J […]
1.Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to observe a ceasefire starting Friday to mark Ortho […]
1.Fishers based at a port with the largest annual catch in Japan have marked their first day at sea in 2023. T […]
1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is set to meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Janu […]
1. Japan’s airports, railway stations and expressways are crowded on Tuesday as people return from their year- […]
1. Worshippers flocked to a shrine in central Tokyo in the early hours of New Year’s Day to pray for good luck […]
1. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to power with a hardline coalition government […]
1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed his resolve to retake territory from Russia and help U […]
1. Many people in Japan are heading overseas to enjoy their first year-end and New Year holidays since the cou […]
1. Indonesians have commemorated the 18th anniversary of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami that struck on Decemb […]
1. Britain’s King Charles has delivered his first Christmas message to the nation as monarch. He remembered hi […]
1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a direct appeal to Americans for more support during a surpris […]
1. The White House says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Washington and holding a summit wi […]
1. Kyiv authorities illuminated a Christmas tree in the Ukrainian capital on Monday evening amid continued pow […]
1. Argentina has won the men’s soccer World Cup in Qatar by defeating France in the white-knuckle penalty shoo […]
1.The UN General Assembly has adopted for the 18th straight year a resolution urging North Korea to immediatel […]
1. Defending champions France are through to the World Cup final in Qatar after a 2-nil win over tournament su […]
1. The Bank of Japan said on Wednesday that its Tankan survey shows that business sentiment among major manufa […]
1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says the government is considering supporting the African Union’ […]
1.China’s official coronavirus case count has dropped, but the actual number is believed to be much higher aft […]
1. Japan’s Empress Masako marked her 59th birthday on Friday. In a statement released by the Imperial Househol […]
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the risk of nuclear war is on the rise, but he insists his country se […]
1. In the United States, the Democratic incumbent has won Tuesday’s Senate runoff in the state of Georgia. The […]
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other members of the country’s leadership have paid tribute to former Pres […]
1. Authorities in China have begun loosening some measures against coronavirus infections across the country. […]
1.In the men’s soccer World Cup, Japan again came from behind to seize victory. Japan defeated former champion […]
1.Kyiv is calling for all-out resistance against Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and Washington ha […]
1.Factory activity in China shrank for the second-straight month in November. Lockdowns amid a new wave of cor […]
1.Protests against China’s tough COVID restrictions have spread to Hong Kong. Many people gathered near a stat […]
1.Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has left a Tokyo hospital after undergoing a prostate biopsy, or examination of tis […]
1.The United Nations Human Rights Council has decided to establish an independent mission to probe Iran’s alle […]
1.In the World Cup, Japan pulled off its biggest upset since first appearing in the tournament back in 1998. T […]
1.People in Ukraine are bracing for the toughest winter ever, following Russian missile attacks that have knoc […]
1.The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java on Monday has risen to 6 […]
1.The FIFA men’s soccer World Cup finals got underway on Sunday in Qatar amid some controversial changes. It’s […]
1.Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met in Bangkok. It marks the fir […]
1.The United States and Britain have criticized Russia over the recent deadly missile explosion in Poland in t […]
1.The summit of the Group of 20 economies in Bali, Indonesia, came to a close on Wednesday with the leaders ad […]
1.Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies opened a two-day summit in Indonesia on Tuesday. The meeting is t […]
1.A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has arrived in Japan to inspect the project to […]
1.Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has decided to dismiss Justice Minister Hanashi Yasuhiro, who has been […]
1.Russia on Wednesday ordered its troops to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson. In an online intervie […]
1.Midterm election results in the United States are still coming in. The Republicans had hoped frustration ove […]
1.Voters in the United States are going to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the midterm elections. President Jo […]
1.The annual United Nations climate conference COP27 kicked off in Egypt on Sunday. But as delegates try to fi […]
1.Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa has urged China to fulfill its responsibility as a major power a […]
1.Russian leaders rejoined an agreement on Wednesday to export Ukrainian grain. They had pulled out of the dea […]