11+ hour, 58+ min ago   (81+ words) September 11, 2026 at 16:47 JST Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jets (Captured from the ASDF website) A trio of Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets arrived in India for the first time for joint training intended to underscore Japan’s heightened cooperation with like-minded nations....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (84+ words) By KOZO YAKUWA/ Staff Writer September 6, 2026 at 07:00 JST Vegetables and fruit are prominently marketed as “Hachioji grown” in the farm shop at Hachioji Takiyama roadside station on May 29. (Kozo Yakuwa) They’re among the wonders of Japan, and Hanakaido Tsukechi is…...

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, 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…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (70+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:05 JST NEW YORK—Oil prices shot past $100 a barrel Wednesday as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalated, threatening to increase costs for consumers and businesses worldwide. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (203+ words) August 3, 2026 at 15:10 JST Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 28, 2019. (REUTERS) Since then, Suu Kyi’s exact whereabouts and health conditions have been difficult to determine, with no foreign leader or envoy having…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (92+ words) September 7, 2026 at 14:05 JST An electric board warns of scheduled train service suspensions in response to the heavy rain at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 7. (Kenta Sujino) Commuters faced major train disruptions to start the work week,…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (810+ words) September 11, 2026 at 09:50 JST BANGKOK—Hundreds of people demonstrated outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok on Thursday to demand foreigners show more respect for Thailand’s laws and culture as public discontent over bad behavior by visitors has increasingly focused on Israeli tourists....

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…...