Ueno zoo releases last video of giant pandas
Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo released a new video of the twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, which will be returned to China n...
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Japan working on reducing reliance on China's rare earths amid export ban
We visited a factory in Saitama Prefecture.S/ Yamada Hiroshi, President, Sanshin Kinzoku Kogyo / These are heat-resistan...
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PM Takaichi dissolves lower house for ultra-short midwinter election
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the House of Representatives on January 23.This was the first time in 60 years f...
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TEPCO Shuts down Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor after control rod alert
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on January 22 that it has decided to shut down Unit 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariw...
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Japan restarts world's largest nuclear generating station
Tokyo Electric Power Company restarted Reactor No. 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture...
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Japan Emperor, Empress to visit Netherlands and Belgium in June
Discussions are underway for Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to make official visits to the Netherlands and...
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Russian 'spy' and Japanese collaborator obtain confidential company data in Japan
Tokyo police have sent papers to prosecutors on a suspected Russian spy and his collaborator.According to the police, th...
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PM Abe's shooter sentenced to life in prison at Nara District Court
On January 21, the Nara District Court sentenced Yamagami Tetsuya to life in prison for fatally shooting former Prime Mi...
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Voice of Ukraine in Japan: How Poetry Keeps Hope Alive During War
"Voices from Ukraine": Ukrainian Poets Come to Japan for the 'First-Ever' Ukrainian Literature Festival in Japan In Shib...
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Ruling and opposition parties ramp up preparations after PM announces Feb. 8 election
S/ Takaichi Sanae, Prime Minister / Today, as prime minister, I have decided to dissolve the House of Representatives on...
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