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Rain front, major storm disrupt train services across Kanto | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (92+ words) September 7, 2026 at 14:05 JST An electric board warns of scheduled train service suspensions in response to the heavy rain at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 7. (Kenta Sujino) Commuters faced major train disruptions to start the work week,…...
Shibuya’s Hachiko statue blocked off for third Halloween | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (235+ words) By SHO HATSUMI/ Staff Writer October 31, 2025 at 16:40 JST Shibuya Ward has fenced off the Hachiko statue in front of Shibuya Station for the third consecutive year to deter massive throngs of Halloween revelers. (Sho Hatsumi) It’s year three of no…...
Minesweeper of U.S. Navy docks at Hokkaido port amid protests | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (442+ words) By KENICHIRO HATANAKA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 17:57 JST The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior reaches Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9. (Kenichiro Hatanaka) HAKODATE, Hokkaido—The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior entered Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9 for maintenance work by a…...
Temple inns on Mt. Koyasan hit with penalties for tax violations | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (461+ words) By TOMOKI MIYASAKA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 17:40 JST Religious corporations operating “shukubo” temple lodgings on Mount Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture have been penalized for failing to declare more than 100 million yen ($650,000) in income, sources said. The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau…...
Japan pushes for nuclear revival, but utilities wary of costs and risks | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1226+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:23 JST Japan intends to replace aging nuclear reactors to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, a vulnerability exposed by the Middle East crisis, but electric utilities remain cautious about the plan. The companies are worried that the…...
Revisions reduce but don’t close gender gap in imperial family | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (682+ words) By AYAKO NAKADA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 15:14 JST Women of the imperial family at Prince Hisahito’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Sept. 6, 2025 (Tatsuya Shimada) The revised Imperial House Law and other related legislation will take effect on Oct....
Dollar trades near 7-month low against yen | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (759+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:30 JST Exchange rates of Japanese Yen to the U.S. dollar and several other foreign currencies are displayed at a money exchange shop in Tokyo on July 27. (Reuters) NEW YORK—The dollar traded near a seven-month low against the yen…...
Landslide hits Japan’s Mount Fuji after heavy rain | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (402+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:00 JST Vehicles are stranded by a landslide at a car park serving the 5th station of Mount Fuji’s Fujinomiya trail, a common jump-off point for mountain climbers tackling the iconic peak, as heavy rain fell across parts of central…...
U.S. pilot killed by A-bomb draws relative to Hiroshima | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (82+ words) August 22, 2026 at 07:00 JST Joseph Dubinsky (Provided by Robert Tatalovich) HIROSHIMA—An American man whose uncle died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima visited for the first time this year, retracing his uncle’s final days and imagining how his life ended…...
Nagoya mayor rules out Asian Games disruption after flood evacuation | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (295+ words) September 9, 2026 at 18:27 JST Signages of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 on display in Nagoya, central Japan, on May 21. (Reuters) Hundreds of athletes and officials were briefly evacuated after heavy rain battered Nagoya, but the city’s mayor on Wednesday ruled out any…...