The Japanese government will move in March to bolster the nation’s reserves of rare earth elements and other rare metals, The Sankei Shimbun learned on March...
Japan’s National Security Secretariat (NSS) has been tasked to ramp up the country’s fight against infectious diseases amid the extensive spread of the novel coronavirus, The...
It was March 3 at Awashima Shrine, just off the coast in Wakayama Prefecture. Hundreds of delicate female-shaped dolls, in typical Heian costume, were hoisted...
“Did any newspapers write an editorial saying we need to come together and overcome this crisis?” This is how journalist Yoshiko Sakurai questioned media...
The governments of Japan and China are considering delaying Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Japan, which had been tentatively scheduled for early April, Sankei...
Monetary policies will have to be considered as the spread of the novel coronavirus presents “the biggest uncertainty for Japan’s economy,” Bank of Japan (BoJ)...
Kayoko Arimoto, 94, died on February 3 without being reunited with her daughter, Keiko Arimoto, who was abducted by North Korea 40 years ago...
Researchers estimate the probability of an earthquake in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years is as high as 70% to 80%.
An Osaka University team’s transplant of pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into a patient suffering from a serious heart malfunction, which was unveiled by the...
On December 17, 2019, the Toba Aquarium in Toba City, Mie prefecture announced that a Zoantharia coral raised at the aquarium has been recognized as...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his counterpart South Korean President Moon Jae In: “The quantity of radioactive substances in treated water released at Fukushima...
Certain names are indelibly inscribed in the history of crime. Take for example Ronnie Biggs, one of the principals in the infamous Great Train...