Flight 1502, a Boeing 737-800 that had taken off from Naha Airport in Okinawa, returned to Naha Airport and made an emergency landing at around 10:10 p.m. on Wednesday due to a malfunction in its ...

Complaints have been mounting from participating nations over the management of the 2026 Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya, sparked by a series of blunders including national anthem mix-ups and unassigned ...

A bar is open through early November at a hotel in central Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where visitors can enjoy a bonfire at a space furnished with locally produced furniture.

Shin Ohashi won the gold medal on Thursday in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke final, setting a world record of 2 minutes ...

People enjoyed soba noodles while taking in the sights of blooming soba flowers recently at an event held to promote the local specialty in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture.

A California-based astrophysicist presented a new theory on Sept. 14 to explain why Venus, the planet most like Earth in size, mass and structure, lacks its own moon. Call it a case of celestial ...

Both the men’s and women’s Japanese artistic gymnastics teams earned silver at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 on Wednesday. China claimed its third straight men’s and 14th straight women’s Asian ...

Fencer Yuka Ueno won the gold medal in the women’s individual foil event at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, securing a medal for the second consecutive Games after taking silver at the previous ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi projected a united Japan-U.S. front together with U.S. President Donald Trump during talks Tuesday, aligning stances on China just two days ahead of Trump’s meeting with ...

South Korea protested the appearance of an actor portraying noted warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi at an event connected to the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, prompting the Games’ organizing committee to ...

Shoon Mitsunaga won gold in the men’s 100-meter butterfly at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 on Wednesday, with a time of 50.56 seconds, setting a new Japan record.

Ahead of the U.S.-China summit meeting, it is significant that the leaders of Japan and the United States were able to communicate well with each other on China-related issues and demonstrate their ...