Japan’s Foreign Ministry says it has raised its travel advisory for six Middle East countries to Level 3, the second-highest warning, urging citizens to avoid travel. The countries now under the Level ...

Prince Hisahito visited the mausoleum of Emperor Meiji in Kyoto on the afternoon of February 26 to report to his ...

The number of children born in 2025 fell to a record low in 2025, marking the 10th consecutive year of decline.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture / February 24, 2026 - Courtesy of viewerA fire broke out at a private residence in ...

Emperor turns 66 and talks about Princess AikoEmperor Naruhito appeared on a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on ...

S/ Hanyu Yuzuru, Figure skater / This is a show in which we skate while praying for recovery from the Great East Japan ...

On February 19, an expert panel at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conditionally endorsed the manufacturing ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae vowed to carry out a “responsible proactive fiscal policy” on February 20, as ...

Twenty people, including two children, are trapped for nearly six hours inside an elevator at the Tokyo Skytree, the ...

S/ Reporter on helicopter / On to third time lucky, it has just lifted off. From here, Kairos's long battle begins.S/ ...

Copper plates are stolen from the roofs of multiple shrines in the city of Himi in Toyama Prefecture as the metal’s ...

OpenAI, the US company that operates ChatGPT, released a report saying that a user associated with Chinese law ...