2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (219+ words) NAGOYA - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi intends to resign over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, sources close to the matter said Sunday....

11+ hour, 15+ min ago   (295+ words) KANAZAWA, Japan - Kagaya, a 120-year-old Japanese ryokan inn that remains closed after suffering major damage in the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, has announced it will reopen by the end of fiscal 2028 with a new seven-story building. The new property will be…...

22+ hour, 35+ min ago   (138+ words) KYOTO - Twenty-eight people at a stadium in Kyoto were taken to hospital after eating boxed lunches on Saturday afternoon in a suspected case of food poisoning, first responders and other sources said. At around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, a facility staffer at…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (213+ words) China has told the United States that it intends to cancel a planned meeting between their leaders later this month if Washington approves any new arms sales to Taiwan by then, multiple sources familiar with bilateral ties said Saturday. China…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (416+ words) TOKYO - An exhibition currently being held in Tokyo traces the history of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, to commemorate the 70th year since its founding and shine light on its existence. The exhibition is open to the…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (120+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago   (170+ words) SEOUL - South Korea's spy agency has said that even if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter has an older brother, she would be the one to succeed their father. The agency said the daughter, believed to be named Kim…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (164+ words) A fighter jet operated by Japan's Self-Defense Forces made an emergency landing on Thursday, leading to the temporary closure of one of the two runways at Naha Airport in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa, authorities said. Japan fighter…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (273+ words) KOFU, Japan - Mt. Fuji's climbing season ended on Thursday, with foreigners accounting for 32 percent of climbers during the season that began about two months ago. The figures were compiled for the first time using an online trail reservation system introduced…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago   (98+ words) Read full story here Japan weather agency warns of intense rain in Tokyo, 12 areas through Monday Torrential rain hits central Japan, floods vital infrastructure in Nagoya Opposition to accepting more foreign residents growing in Japan: study Japan PM Takaichi urges…...