When Japanese names are rendered with Latin letters — that is, “romanized” — the given name comes first and the family name comes last. That...
Japan’s spacecraft Hayabusa2 succeeded in making a second landing on the asteroid Ryugu, a space rock orbiting between Earth and Mars, at about 10 A.M....
To be sure, that was just a “blackish hole.” An international research team, including scientists from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ),...
The time has come for the Japanese government and Diet to act in defense of the freedom and human rights of the people of Hong...
It is already 30 years since the Tiananmen Massacre of June 4, 1989, during which regular units of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army bloodily suppressed...
United States President Donald Trump, scheduled to visit Japan as a state guest from May 25 to May 28, is expected to meet families of...
A string of terrorist bombings targeting churches, luxury hotels, and other sites was perpetrated in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, leaving more than...
North Korea was a hot topic in the talks Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held with United States President Donald Trump at the White House...
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo was reelected to a second term in office as the Southeast Asian nation’s top political leader, in a one-on-one contest against...
It can safely be said that he has lived his pro baseball life to the fullest. At the news conference in Tokyo where he...
The Japan-Europen Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) entered into force on February 1, creating a massive free-trade zone with the economic and political bloc. ...
A recent survey revealed Japan tops the list of trustworthy countries in the international community. Japan’s contributions to world peace and prosperity have secured...
