11+ hour, 55+ min ago   (262+ words) Chubu Electric Power Co President Kingo Hayashi intends to resign over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, sources close to the matter said Sunday. Chairman…...

13+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1499+ words) New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by Yemen's Houthis threatened to worsen the wartime disruption to…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (997+ words) As much as Japan is all about convenience and the spirit of hospitality, one thing that continues to confound visitors to Japan is the lack of trash cans. This can be particularly frustrating when you’re travelling and enjoying the sights,…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (250+ words) Japan needs its own foreign intelligence agency, the government's top spokesman said, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration seeks to ramp up the country's intelligence and counterespionage capabilities. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said in a speech at an event…...

13+ hour, 46+ min ago   (333+ words) At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian ‌passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue 108 ‌people from the Virgo…...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (202+ words) Japan Today The National Police Agency plans to use generative AI to quickly identify social media posts that pose a high risk of leading to crime and individuals becoming radicalized. Good idea or not? Stay Connected Wherever You Travel Enjoy…...

13+ hour, 46+ min ago   (347+ words) Kosovo lawmakers on Sunday voted into office a new government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti following an early election in June in the small Balkan nation that remains locked in a prolonged political crisis. Kurti's government received support from a…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (951+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the BRICS bloc to be a peacemaker in the Middle ‌East conflict, in an address to a summit of member countries in New Delhi on Saturday. China will work with other BRICS members in that…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (791+ words) Mount Fuji's climbing season ended on Thursday, with foreigners accounting for 32 percent of climbers during the season that began about two months ago. The figures were compiled for the first time using an online trail reservation system introduced this year,…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (402+ words) Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, with a 4.1 magnitude tremor recorded in the area. "This is strategic terrorist infrastructure that was built over two…...