Researchers observe that a new species of slickhead found in the deep sea off Japan is the world's largest hard-boned fi...

New cases of COVID-19 are starting to increase again in Japan.

Low-cost carrier Zipair launches an airplane meal that uses cricket powder.

Empress Emerita Michiko attends a charity concert held for patients fighting childhood cancer.

Japan lodges a protest with China two days in a row after Chinese navy ships entering Japanese waters two days in a row.

Ukraine president Zelensky delivers speech at a university in Tokyo.

Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea reintroduce evening-only tickets.

KDDI's mobile phone network system glitch affects various other services including emergency calls, medical care, weathe...

Communications minister Kaneko Yasushi says he sees KDDI's network system glitch as a serious incident.

Telecom firm KDDI says its mobile phone network has been almost restored following a glitch that has affected up to arou...