16+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1071+ words) By TAKESHI OWADA/ Staff Writer September 14, 2026 at 07:00 JST An authenticator uses an AI-based system to examine whether a brand-name bag is fake. (Provided by Komehyo Holdings Co.) NAGOYA--Reseller Komehyo Holdings Co. has been accelerating its overseas expansion, seeing a…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (78+ words) By TOMOKI MIYASAKA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 17:40 JST Religious corporations operating “shukubo” temple lodgings on Mount Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture have been penalized for failing to declare more than 100 million yen ($650,000) in income, sources said. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer:…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (78+ words) By YUKI NIKAIDO/ Staff Writer August 21, 2026 at 17:12 JST Japan hanged a prisoner on Aug. 21, ending the life of Sunao Takami, a 58-year-old man who killed five people when he set fire to a busy Osaka pachinko parlor. [Read More] INTERVIEW…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (108+ words) By KAZUYA MIKI/ Staff Writer September 13, 2026 at 07:00 JST Numerous mid- and high-rise apartment buildings and hotels are seen in the Niseko-Hirafu district of Kutchan, Hokkaido, on Aug. 5 while more development projects are underway. (Kazuya Miki) Overseas tourists outspent their Japanese counterparts…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1557+ words) By TAKAHIRO KINOMURA/ Staff Writer September 13, 2026 at 07:00 JST In a grim letter written to Meiko Kurihara after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the young woman received the bad news. “Omar-kun was admitted to Kyoto Imperial University Hospital … and has since…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (442+ words) By KENICHIRO HATANAKA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 17:57 JST The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior reaches Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9. (Kenichiro Hatanaka) HAKODATE, Hokkaido—The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior entered Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9 for maintenance work by a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (838+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:21 JST From left: Chugai Pharmaceutical researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after receiving a Lasker Award for developing hemophilia drug Hemlibra. (Kenta Noguchi) Four Japanese scientists whose…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (402+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:00 JST Vehicles are stranded by a landslide at a car park serving the 5th station of Mount Fuji’s Fujinomiya trail, a common jump-off point for mountain climbers tackling the iconic peak, as heavy rain fell across parts of central…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (82+ words) August 22, 2026 at 07:00 JST Joseph Dubinsky (Provided by Robert Tatalovich) HIROSHIMA—An American man whose uncle died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima visited for the first time this year, retracing his uncle’s final days and imagining how his life ended…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (421+ words) By SEISAKU YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 18:02 JST Seven-Eleven Japan Co. presents apparel co-developed with clothing company “and ST” on Sept. 8. (Seisaku Yamamoto) Convenience store clothing selections are expanding beyond their emergency-only image, be it hurriedly replacing ripped tights or…...