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- LUUP User Dies in First Fatal Scooter Crash Confirmed on Tokyo Roadway News On Japan - 6 hours ago
- JAL warned after 2 cabin attendants' drinking incident delays flight Japan Today - 9 hours ago
- East Japan Railway announces plans to abolish magnetic-strip tickets Japan Today - 9 hours ago
- Japan launches H3 rocket in 1st domestic liquid-only mission Japan Today - 22 hours ago
- Deadly Blaze Rips Through Densely Packed Fukui Neighborhood News On Japan - 1 day ago
- Ex-Boyfriend Suspected of Murdering High School Girl News On Japan - 1 day ago
- Emperor makes rare remark amid debate on dwindling family members Japan Today - 1 day ago
- Bodies of woman, 2 sons found in car in apparent murder-suicide Japan Today - 1 day ago
- Four Arrested After Festival Brawl Leaves Seven Injured News On Japan - 1 day ago
- Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans Japan Today - 1 day ago
- Japan local gov't launches facility to spotlight marine plastic waste Japan Today - 1 day ago
- Bear captured near Amanohashidate tourist spot in Kyoto Prefecture Japan Today - 1 day ago
- Massive Hose Washes Ashore in Ishikawa News On Japan - 2 days ago
- Fire Destroys Historic Arima Inari Shrine News On Japan - 2 days ago
- Japan Cycling Association Head Arrested Over Alleged 30 Million Yen Fraud News On Japan - 2 days ago
- Japan enacts revised law to give digital textbooks formal status Japan Today - 2 days ago
- 3 women in their 20s found dead in Sapporo apartment in apparent joint suicide Japan Today - 2 days ago
- Over 80% of Japan adults deem 30 seconds or less video ads 'long': survey Japan Today - 3 days ago
- Self-Proclaimed 'Messenger of God' Among Seven Arrested Over Teen's Confinement News On Japan - 3 days ago
- Bear Hunt Ends in Utsunomiya News On Japan - 3 days ago
- Bear hunt continues as Utsunomiya shuts schools for second day Japan Today - 3 days ago
- Unlicensed Peruvian Man Conducts Risky Medical Procedure During Delivery News On Japan - 4 days ago
- Knives Found in Eye and Abdomen of Dead Man in Kobe News On Japan - 4 days ago
- Deteriorating castles in Japan face high costs, debates over renovation Japan Today - 4 days ago
- Data on 510,000 people linked to Hokkaido hospitals possibly leaked online Japan Today - 4 days ago
- Video Shows Old Lady Chasing 14-Year-Old Girl After Cash Grab News On Japan - 4 days ago
- City in Tochigi Prefecture suspends classes at 94 schools after first-ever bear sighting Japan Today - 4 days ago
- Tsunami waves arrive in Japan after M7.8 quake strikes off Philippines Japan Today - 4 days ago
- Missing American Tourist Found Dead in Mountains Outside Kyoto News On Japan - 5 days ago
- With hot sweaty summer on the way, free sodium tablets being given out in Shibuya Japan Today - 5 days ago
- Japan sounds out S Korea on talks to lift Fukushima seafood curbs Japan Today - 5 days ago
- Thousands Join Tokyo Pride News On Japan - 5 days ago
- Japan struggles to curb ticket scalping market despite crackdown Japan Today - 5 days ago
- Weather agency warns of heavy rain in western Japan, flooding risks Japan Today - 6 days ago
- Researchers in Kagawa turn discarded udon noodles into biodegradable paper Japan Today - 6 days ago
- Missing U.S. student found dead near Kyoto, mother says Japan Today - 6 days ago
- Abashiri Prison Inmates Raise Wagyu Cattle News On Japan - 7 days ago
- Wanpato Squad Poodle Honored for Helping Disoriented Woman News On Japan - 7 days ago
- Women account for record 41.9% of Japan central government employees Japan Today - 7 days ago
- Japan seeks to replace up to 5 nuclear reactors by 2040s, 14 by 2050s Japan Today - 7 days ago
- Police Tighten Net Around Youth Suspects in Tochigi Robbery-Murder Case News On Japan - 7 days ago
- Penniless Man Steals 49 Water Meters to Get Cash for Copper News On Japan - 7 days ago
- American college student missing in Kyoto, last seen by family one week ago Japan Today - 8 days ago
- Director of Amnesty International Japan accused of workplace harassment Japan Today - 8 days ago
- Bear that attacked 4 escapes Fukushima factory by unlatching window Japan Today - 8 days ago
- Body Found in River Identified as Suspect in Mother-Daughter Murder Case News On Japan - 8 days ago
- American Tourist Missing in Kyoto After Leaving Hotel Alone News On Japan - 8 days ago
- Japan's samurai spirit still burns in cooler conditions Japan Today - 8 days ago
- Local Residents Struggle to Respond as New Disaster Warning News On Japan - 9 days ago
- Japanese intolerance of Muslims increases as population doubles Japan Today - 9 days ago
- Japan to set core English vocabulary list under new curriculum guidelines Japan Today - 9 days ago
- Japan births, fertility rate at record lows in 2025 Japan Today - 9 days ago
- Man Arrested After Pouring Detergent on Sushi News On Japan - 9 days ago
- Floating Body May Be Linked to Mother-Daughter Murder Case News On Japan - 9 days ago
- Japan's Birth Rate Falls to Record Low 1.14 News On Japan - 9 days ago
- Hokkaido Court Rules 3 Defendents to Face Charges of Robbery Resulting in Death News On Japan - 9 days ago
- Three More Yakuza Arrested in $2.8 Million Heist News On Japan - 10 days ago
- Typhoon batters Japan, cuts power to 60,000 homes Japan Today - 10 days ago
- Typhoon makes landfall in Wakayama Prefecture Japan Today - 10 days ago
- Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo to remain closed for the summer following stabbing incident Japan Today - 10 days ago
- Japan measles cases top 500, nearing 2019 level Japan Today - 10 days ago
- Japan eyes stricter social media age checks to protect young people Japan Today - 10 days ago
- Fire Destroys Historic Fukushima Sake Brewery News On Japan - 10 days ago
- 88-year-old driver killed after his car crashes into house wall in Oita Japan Today - 10 days ago
- 4 injured in bear attacks in Fukushima Prefecture Japan Today - 10 days ago
- Typhoon moves north toward Kyushu after battering Okinawa Japan Today - 11 days ago
- Hokkaido Court Hears Victim Was Struck Dozens of Times News On Japan - 11 days ago
- Tokyo Disney Resort to end free Priority Pass service on Aug 31 Japan Today - 11 days ago
- Stations, facilities using AI system to prevent suicide by jumping Japan Today - 11 days ago
- Emperor Visits Iwabuchi Floodgate on Arakawa River News On Japan - 11 days ago
- Temple Fire in Kyoto Spreads to Nearby Mountain News On Japan - 11 days ago
- Despite More Than 350 Tips, Tatsuno Murder Suspect Still at Large News On Japan - 11 days ago
- Bear Sighting Hoax Posts Trigger Police Investigation in Aomori News On Japan - 11 days ago
- Typhoon expected to bring heavy rain to western, eastern Japan Japan Today - 12 days ago
- Japan's main island gets 1st crested ibises in wild; 1st time in 56 years Japan Today - 12 days ago
- Saw, Iron Pipes and Shovel Seized as 30 Teens Get Ready to Rumble News On Japan - 12 days ago
- Driver Thrown From Vehicle After Crashing into Embankment on Tohoku Expressway News On Japan - 12 days ago
- U.S. Air Force to move Global Hawk drone unit to Tokyo from Guam Japan Today - 12 days ago
- Shibuya Ward in Tokyo to impose ¥2,000 on-the-spot fines for littering from June 1 Japan Today - 12 days ago
- Foreign exchange students in Japan hit record high at over 400,000 Japan Today - 12 days ago
- Japan's Population Falls by 3.1 Million in Five Years to 123 Million News On Japan - 13 days ago
- Cosplayers Use Skills to Raise Awareness About Marine Debris News On Japan - 13 days ago
- Juso Retro Town Gets First Tower Condo, Bringing New Life News On Japan - 14 days ago
- Overestimation, slow response behind rice crisis in Japan: gov't Japan Today - 14 days ago
- Japan passes bill to raise visa fees, introduce online pre-entry screening Japan Today - 14 days ago
- Japan enacts changes to make childbirth free, raise some patient drug costs Japan Today - 14 days ago
- Woman Dies After Leaning Out of Car Window in Gifu Accident News On Japan - 14 days ago
- Japan's population marks sharpest drop to 123 mil in 2025: census Japan Today - 14 days ago
- Japan to revise strategy against possible massive Tokyo quake Japan Today - 14 days ago
- Monkey Attacks Continue in Himeji Neighborhoods News On Japan - 15 days ago
- New Taiwan-Japan ferry service debuts on ship that has war evacuation role Japan Today - 15 days ago
- Bodies of 34-year-old man, 15-year-old high school girl found in car in apparent suicide Japan Today - 15 days ago
- Wanted Man in Mother-Daughter Killings Changed Clothes Many Times News On Japan - 15 days ago
- Bear Hunter Shortage Raises Alarm News On Japan - 16 days ago
- JAL flight delayed after alcohol detected on cabin attendant Japan Today - 16 days ago
- Heatstroke casualties at workplace hit record 1,803 in 2025 Japan Today - 16 days ago
- Prince Hisahito Makes Debut at Imperial Palace Banquet News On Japan - 16 days ago
- Philippine President Marcos, wife welcomed to Japan by imperial couple Japan Today - 16 days ago
- Two Vietnamese Workers Die After Being Trapped in Concrete News On Japan - 17 days ago
- Ruling LDP seeks push for Japanese language program for foreign children Japan Today - 17 days ago
- Japan's giant landslide defenses become unlikely tourist draws Japan Today - 17 days ago
- Gov’t honors war dead at Chidorigafuchi cemetery Japan Today - 17 days ago
- Son Turns Himself In After Stabbing Father to Death News On Japan - 17 days ago
- Living Alone in a Japanese Village Near Extinction News On Japan - 17 days ago
- 26 Sickened from Pepper Spray Attack in Ginza News On Japan - 17 days ago
- Three bodies found in house in Gifu Prefecture Japan Today - 18 days ago
- Skymark jet makes emergency landing at Haneda airport Japan Today - 18 days ago
- Oil tanker that passed through Hormuz arrives in Japan; 1st since Iran war Japan Today - 18 days ago
- Horse Runs into Crowd at Soma Nomaoi Festival, Injuring Six News On Japan - 18 days ago
- 'Yami Baito' Teens Busted Stealing Gold Bars News On Japan - 18 days ago
- Former Girls Bar Employee Given Suspended Sentence for Forcing Co-Worker Into Prostitution News On Japan - 18 days ago
- Defendant Denies Killing Teenager by Pushing Her From Bridge News On Japan - 19 days ago
- 1200-Year-Old 'Undying Flame' Survives Miyajima Temple Fire News On Japan - 19 days ago
- Pokémon Co to require My Number ID cards for some online Pokémon card purchases Japan Today - 19 days ago
- Japan trials anime therapy to treat depression Japan Today - 19 days ago
- Japan eyes cyber patrols for tips on overstayers, illegal work Japan Today - 19 days ago
- Victim’s Father in Kobe Child Murders Ends 29-Year Pursuit of 'Boy A' News On Japan - 19 days ago
- Japan's role in joint drills boosts Philippine, U.S. deterrence Japan Today - 19 days ago
- Japan voice actor demands TikTok operator remove AI-generated imitation Japan Today - 19 days ago
- Oldest Existing Private Homes in Japan to Be Designated National Treasures' News On Japan - 20 days ago
- Zoo Worker Strangled Wife After She Accused Him of Having an Affair News On Japan - 20 days ago
- Shoot-and-scoot: Mobile missile launchers play key role in U.S. Pacific deterrence strategy Japan Today - 20 days ago
- Fire Breaks Out in Densely Packed Osaka Neighborhood News On Japan - 20 days ago
- Kyoto school operator violated political neutrality in fatal Okinawa trip Japan Today - 21 days ago
- Ground Self-Defense Force officer fired for driving without license for 24 yrs Japan Today - 21 days ago
- Abuse case fuels calls for stronger safeguards in Japan youth sports Japan Today - 21 days ago
- Premium Hokkaido melons fetch record ¥5.8 mil at season's 1st auction Japan Today - 21 days ago
- Copper Thieves Target Japanese Shrines News On Japan - 22 days ago
- 1200-Year-Old Temple on Miyajima Reduced to Ashes News On Japan - 22 days ago
- Sex Business Disguised as Massage Parlor Raided in Aichi News On Japan - 22 days ago
- Japan to survey bear populations after surge in attacks on humans Japan Today - 22 days ago
- Garbage Burnoff Spreads to 3 Buildings in Okayama News On Japan - 22 days ago
- Gang Members Arrested After Opening Office Near Nursery News On Japan - 22 days ago
- Foreign visitors to Japan fall 5.5% in April Japan Today - 22 days ago
- Six Police Officers Injured After Man Sprays Liquid at Station News On Japan - 23 days ago
- U.S. test fires mobile rocket system near Mount Fuji in rapid 'shoot and scoot' drill Japan Today - 23 days ago
- Japan to sell eels bred in captivity for first time Japan Today - 23 days ago
- Gov't begins nuclear waste site survey on Minamitori Island Japan Today - 23 days ago
- Tochigi Robbery-Murder Suspect’s Wife Posted Dance Videos on Social Media News On Japan - 23 days ago
- Tokyo Police Raid Four Girls Bars News On Japan - 23 days ago
- 1,700 Tokyo Riot Police March in Jingu Gaien News On Japan - 23 days ago
- Paid line-skipping services at restaurants catch on Japan Today - 24 days ago
- Gov't to forgo summer energy saving request Japan Today - 24 days ago
- Bear attack suspected after body part found in Tokyo mountains Japan Today - 24 days ago
- Mother and Daughter Found Stabbed to Death in Hyogo Home News On Japan - 24 days ago
- False Bear Reports Disrupt Authorities as Attacks Continue Across Japan News On Japan - 24 days ago
- American Man Arrested After Entering Monkey Enclosure in Yellow Costume News On Japan - 24 days ago
- 570-Year-Old Toyama Temple Destroyed in Overnight Blaze News On Japan - 24 days ago
- Animal Cafe Customer Busted for Feeding Chocolate to Marmot News On Japan - 25 days ago
- Highway Bus Carrying 24 Passengers Bursts Into Flames News On Japan - 25 days ago
- Russian man attacked by bear in western mountainous region of Tokyo Japan Today - 25 days ago
- Giant cockroach statue brings new life to shrinking Nara village Japan Today - 25 days ago
- Imperial Couple Visit Ehime, Empress Moved to Tears Meeting Polar Bear News On Japan - 25 days ago
- Heavy Smoke Engulfs Dotonbori After Morning Blaze News On Japan - 25 days ago
- Fire Breaks Out at Muromachi-Era Daihoji Temple News On Japan - 26 days ago
- Head temple at Mount Koya urges summer visitors to avoid revealing attire Japan Today - 26 days ago
- From 'geek' hangout to tourist draw: Japan's maid cafes Japan Today - 26 days ago
- Newlyweds Emerge as Ringleaders Behind Tochigi Robbery-Murder News On Japan - 26 days ago
- Gifu Woman Arrested Over Fatal Hit-and-Run of American Man News On Japan - 26 days ago
- Police Probe Widens in Tochigi Robbery-Murder Case News On Japan - 26 days ago
- Japan's rice consumption per person drops 6% to 7-year low in FY2025 Japan Today - 26 days ago
- Tokyo’s life-size Gundam anime mecha statue will be removed this summer Japan Today - 27 days ago
- Nuclear reactor in Miyagi to be halted after radioactive steam detected Japan Today - 27 days ago
- Japan pharmaceutical firm warns against rare diseases drug after deaths Japan Today - 27 days ago
- Emperor and Empress Visit Student-Run Aquarium in Ehime News On Japan - 27 days ago
- M6.3 earthquake jolts northern Japan Japan Today - 28 days ago
- Japan urges public not to hoard trash bags amid naphtha shortage Japan Today - 28 days ago
- Three people found dead in car in suspected joint suicide Japan Today - 29 days ago
- Remote Japanese island draws scrutiny over nuclear waste, rare earth plans Japan Today - 29 days ago
- Mayor fed up with off-season Mount Fuji hikers needing rescue Japan Today - 29 days ago
- 2nd Japanese oil tanker passes through Strait of Hormuz Japan Today - 29 days ago
- M5.0 quake hits Iwate Prefecture in northeast Japan Japan Today - 30 days ago
- Japan OKs insurance coverage for ¥55.3 mil Parkinson's drug Japan Today - 30 days ago
- Japan 'robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears Japan Today - 30 days ago
- Yakuza Boss Found Not Guilty Again in Shooting of Rival Gang Member News On Japan - 30 days ago
- Parents and Brother Arrested Over Confinement of Teenage Girl in Closet News On Japan - 30 days ago
- Old Building Wall Collapses Onto Taxi News On Japan - 31 days ago
- Emperor, empress to visit Netherlands, Belgium in June Japan Today - 31 days ago
- Cormorant fishing season opens in central Japan Japan Today - 31 days ago
- Suspects Use Bear Spray in Failed Backpack Robbery News On Japan - 31 days ago
- Empress Masako Attends National Red Cross Convention as Honorary President News On Japan - 31 days ago
- Black Smoke Engulfs Fukuoka Expressway News On Japan - 31 days ago
- Emperor penguins in focus as Antarctic talks start in Japan Japan Today - 31 days ago
- Japan's late-night 'crying cafes' offer refuge for exhausted mothers Japan Today - 32 days ago
- Japanese Rescued From Fraud Ring in Indonesia News On Japan - 32 days ago
- Ibaraki Prefecture launches ¥10,000 reward program for tips on illegal foreign workers Japan Today - 32 days ago
- 3 taken to hospital after unusual odor detected inside JR train near Tokyo Japan Today - 32 days ago
- Hokkaido Faces Garbage Bag Shortage as Panic Buying Spreads News On Japan - 33 days ago
- U.S. aircraft carrier leaves home port in Japan Japan Today - 33 days ago
- Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki, known for 'Ring' horror trilogy, dies at 68 Japan Today - 33 days ago
- Japanese cuisine restaurant in Kyoto awarded 3 Michelin stars Japan Today - 33 days ago
- Questions Mount Over High School Bus Crash News On Japan - 33 days ago
- Man Confesses to Strangling Woman at Osaka Hotel News On Japan - 33 days ago
- Hunter Describes Difficulty of Firing at Bears in Urban Areas News On Japan - 33 days ago
- Japan's top tourist destinations concentrated in Kyoto, 6 other prefectures Japan Today - 33 days ago
- Police cracking down on outdoor seating in Tokyo’s liveliest street market neighborhood Japan Today - 34 days ago
- Foreign Tourists Suspected of Dumping Suitcases in Tokyo Neighborhoods News On Japan - 35 days ago
- Kyoto Father Says He Acted Alone in Son’s Killing News On Japan - 35 days ago
- Japan general waste output hits record low in FY2024 Japan Today - 35 days ago
- Japan confirms year's first fatal bear attack; two more suspected Japan Today - 35 days ago
- Ainu remains return to Japan from London's Museum after over 100 years Japan Today - 35 days ago
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