Heavy snow is expected to fall mainly on the Sea of Japan side of Honshu and Hokkaido from Sunday to Monday due to a strong winter pressure pattern.

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoSanae Takaichi The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also serves as Liberal Democratic Party President, began considering ...

In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.

Japan’s Nikkei share average gained on Friday, powered by a surge in megacap Uniqlo store operator Fast Retailing on the back ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average tumbled for a second straight day on Thursday, dragged lower by profit-taking in the artificial ...

A monumental depiction of Godzilla is surprising travelers at Haneda Airport’s Terminal 3 in Ota Ward, Tokyo.

ANA Holdings Inc. will start using drones for a nationwide logistics service by fiscal 2028, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

An earthquake with its hypocenter in northeast Chiba Prefecture occurred at around 8:08 p.m. on Friday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the focus of the quake was approximately 30 ...

An earthquake with its hypocenter in northern inland Akita Prefecture occurred around 6:56 p.m. on Friday, registering a seismic intensity of 4 in Kazuno City in the prefecture. According to the Japan ...

An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing, officials said ...

Japanese government has lodged a protest with the Chinese government through diplomatic channels regarding its new gas field development in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara ...

Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms are forecast to bloom in Tokyo on March 21, earlier than anywhere else in the country, weather information company Weathernews Inc. announced on Thursday.