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Heavy rain from tropical storm raises flood risks in the Tokyo region

A tropical storm is dumping heavy rain and raising flood risks around east-central Japan as it moves into the heavily populated Tokyo region.

 

A bear injures 4 people in a residential area of Japan as attacks rise

A bear has injured four people in a Japanese residential area in the latest case of attacks by the animals in the region.

 

8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan

Eight crested ibises have been released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after going extinct in the country.

 

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Japan woos Philippine leader during state visit with arms sales and China in mind

Japan is treating Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with exceptional hospitality on his four-day state visit.

 

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Yomiuri Giants baseball manager Abe resigns after arrest over allegedly assaulting his daughter

Shinnosuke Abe has resigned as manager of Japan’s storied baseball team Yomiuri Giants after being arrested for the alleged assault of his teenage daughter.

 

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Japanese woman who scaled the world’s 14 top peaks says she wants to share joy

Naoko Watanabe, the first woman to summit K2 three times, has also climbed the world’s 14 highest peaks.

 

Japan’s prime minister launches a panel to review her country’s defense policies as threats escalate

Japan’s prime minister has inaugurated a panel tasked with reviewing her country’s security and defense policies as tensions with China, North Korea and Russia escalate in the region.

 

Japan’s Haruki Murakami to publish first new novel in 3 years with ‘The Tale of KAHO’ in July

A new book by Haruki Murakami set to be released in early July will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character.

 

Japanese police arrest a South Korean for allegedly obstructing Yasukuni Shrine festival

A South Korean national has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly obstructing a spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine.

 

Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners.

 

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Earthquake sets off brief tsunami alert and a megaquake advisory in northern Japan

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake.

 

North Korea launches multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North’s eastern waters.

 

Chinese Embassy in Japan says authorities fail to act on threats

The Chinese Embassy in Japan says it has received multiple threats and accuses Japanese authorities of not taking effective measures.

 

Star of Japanese hit series ‘The Solitary Gourmet’ hopes to share its joy of eating

Japanese TV drama “The Solitary Gourmet” quietly started in a late-night slot 14 years ago featuring a suit-clad, middle-aged man’s joy of solitary dining at a local eatery after work.

 

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi thrilled by Deep Purple’s visit to her office

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took a short and happy break as she hosted legendary British rock band Deep Purple in Tokyo as a longtime admirer.

 

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Japanese town sours on the crowds coming to see cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji

A viral photo of snow-capped Mount Fuji, a red pagoda and cherry blossoms has brought many tourists to a peaceful Japanese town.

 

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Japanese national believed to be NHK journalist detained in Iran released on bail

Japan’s top government spokesperson says a Japanese national who had been detained in Iran since January has been released on bail.

 

Collapse of Tokyo’s aging cherry blossom trees during viewing season raises safety concerns

In Tokyo, the birthplace of Japan’s popular Somei Yoshino cherry blossom variety, many of the trees planted during the country’s postwar advancement of the 1960s are now getting old and frail.

 

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Macron calls for ceasefire in Mideast during visit to Japan

French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Japan.

 

Japan and Indonesia to boost energy security cooperation as concerns grow over Iran war fallout

Japan and Indonesia have agreed to deepen economic ties and work together on energy security as the two Asian countries face growing uncertainty over oil and gas supplies.

 

Japan deploys its first long-range missiles

Japan has deployed its first long-range missile at a southwestern army camp as the country accelerates its offensive capability in response to growing global challenges, including an increasingly assertive China.

 

China sanctions Japanese lawmaker over his Taiwan ties. Japan calls the step ‘unacceptable’

China says it is sanctioning a conservative Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

 

A knife-wielding man kills a woman at a Tokyo Pokemon shop before taking his own life

Police say a man with a knife killed a woman at a Pokemon store in downtown Tokyo, before stabbing himself.

 

Japan conveys regrets to China after arrest of soldier over alleged break-in at Chinese embassy

Japan has conveyed regrets to China after authorities confirmed the arrest of a Japanese army soldier on suspicion of trespass at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.

 

Japanese national returns home after monthslong detention in Iran

Japan says one of two detained Japanese nationals in Iran has returned home in good health after being released.

 

Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war

High level officials usually shy away from public discussion of Japan’s 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor.

 

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Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely fuel debris hanging from it, in a first sighting of a pressure vessel bottom since the meltdown

 

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Japan’s leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and historian embraced by Obama, dies at 88

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori has died at age 88. Mori was a historian and best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S.

 

2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off US base construction site in southern Japan

Two boats carrying 21 people capsized off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and killing two, officials said.

 

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