Cyberattacks against companies have become the norm. A sense of urgency must be heightened and preparedness to defend against such attacks must be strengthened.

About 2,500 kilometers south of Japan, coffee trees found growing on Rota Island in the Mariana Islands are living relics of the Japanese colonial era. Today, two Japanese men are working to ...

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Thursday he briefly spoke with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – related foreign ministers’ ...

Kaoru Mitoma was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in injury on Thursday, after the soccer star’s collision with a bicycle while driving in Tokyo on July 8.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday submitted a written statement from an aide who has come under scrutiny for his alleged involvement in social media videos attacking rivals, including ...

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his counterparts agreed Thursday to advance cooperation in areas such as energy and food security during the ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in ...

Japan on Thursday marked its third consecutive day of temperatures exceeding 40 C, the threshold for a so-called brutally hot day.

Tokyo Customs officers check imported eels at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday, ahead of Sunday’s “Doyo-no-ushi-no-hi” midsummer Day of the Ox when grilled eel is traditionally ...

A record 1,319 public school teachers cited mental health as the reason for leaving their jobs in fiscal 2024, according to the preliminary results of an education ministry survey.

Mt. Tokachidake in Hokkaido erupted at around 11:07 a.m. on Wednesday, and the volcanic ash plume rose about 200 meters high, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Sapporo Regional ...

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A Japanese research team has found that some cicada species in urban areas called at night, while few such calls were recorded in greener areas without street lights.