6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (309+ words) KESENNUMA, MIYAGI PREF. – Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, on Sunday visited the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit hard by major tsunami after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. They visited the Ruins of the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (140+ words) Tokyo has been unable to devise a strong response given Japan’s need for oil and natural gas from Russia as war rages in the Middle East. TOKYO - Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (187+ words) Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a central pillar of research and innovation policy. The challenge now is to harness science, innovation and security without... Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (371+ words) Crown Princess Kiko, the wife of Crown Prince Akishino, turned 60 on Friday. “I am grateful to have reached this day, and I hope that I can take on new activities,” Crown Princess Kiko said in written responses to questions from…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (189+ words) Australian Ambassador to Japan Andrew Shearer expressed hope on Wednesday for expanded cooperation with Japan in the energy sector, with China’s increasing economic coercion in the Asia-Pacific region in mind. At a news conference at the Japan National Press Club…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) The Japan Times Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi touted the formulation of Japan’s record spending requests as increasing the transparency and discipline of the country’s finances after an overhaul of the budget-making process. Takaichi’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) The government is planning to do without a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, government and ruling party sources said Thursday. While the government and ruling parties are considering convening an extraordinary session of parliament in early October, a government source…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (135+ words) The Japan Times Kumamoto – While a shopping mall explosion and areas struggling with water outages following a massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in late July have made major headlines, people in some quake-affected areas in the prefecture are concerned about…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (113+ words) Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Belgian counterpart, Theo Francken, agreed to deepen security cooperation between their countries during a meeting in Tokyo on Monday. Koizumi welcomed Belgium’s first assignment of a defense attache to its embassy in Tokyo, describing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (284+ words) Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Pref. – The industry ministry Monday asked the city of Hitachiomiya in Ibaraki Prefecture to accept a survey for selecting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. If realized, Hitachiomiya would become the fifth…...