S/ Sakoda Yuji, Superintendent General, Metropolitan Police Department / We sincerely apologize for the great distress ...

The 24-hour rainfall in parts of the city of Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surpassed 500 ...

An event was held on August 7 for the 2025 Deaflympics, an international sports competition for deaf athletes, in host ...

A 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman by spraying her with a spray can at a commercial ...

The Aomori Nebuta Festival began on August 2 with a procession of 16 large format lantern floats and eight smaller ...

Japan bore grueling summer heat on August 5, as some areas topped 41 degrees celsius.Temperatures in the City of ...

S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister / We had determined that the rice production volume was sufficient. Things like this ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru/ I would like to think about how we can prevent war while considering the messages from ...

Japan’s agriculture ministry said on August 4 that the average rice price sold in supermarkets rose by 40 yen compared ...

Four men who died after falling into a manhole while checking a sewer pipe in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, ...

A panel of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's advisory board proposed a minimum wage increase of 63 yen ...

East Japan Railway said on August 1 that it will raise train fares in Greater Tokyo starting March 2026 as it received ...