China has launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) into international waters in the Pacific Ocean. This is an act of coercion that threatens the security of the Asia-Pacific region, ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell in choppy trade on Wednesday, weighed down by technology stocks after the tech-heavy Nasdaq ...

The passage of a bill to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives will be postponed until the extraordinary Diet session in autumn, the Liberal Democratic Party told the Centrist ...

A school that trains artisans in the craft of Gifu wagasa, traditional Japanese umbrellas of Gifu, recently opened in Gifu City, a major production center for traditional Japanese umbrellas. The ...

Construction on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line is set to make significant progress after the Shizuoka prefectural government announced Tuesday that it would approve the start of construction ...

Antarctica’s natural environment is being threatened due to such factors as a surge in the number of tourists. Opaque activities of major powers, which appear to disregard the Antarctic Treaty that ...

The Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line route is expected to connect the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Operating on a Superconducting Maglev (SCMAGLEV) system, the train ...

Shohei Ohtani hit his 300th career homer on Tuesday night, a leadoff shot against Colorado Rockies pitcher Michael Lorenzen. Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.

Oil prices climbed nearly 2% on Wednesday after the U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iran and reimposed crude sales sanctions, raising fears their fragile truce was unraveling and Middle East ...

The Okawa river flowing through central Osaka is turned into the Milky Way on Tuesday, the day of the Tanabata festival.

Workers began making emergency repairs to stabilize a Manhattan high-rise Tuesday evening after buckled columns and sagging floors forced evacuations in and around the midtown construction site.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in 2027, after an appeals court shortened her ban on running for office, even as it upheld her conviction for ...