1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (78+ 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. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer:…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (62+ words) September 8, 2026 at 16:15 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares and U.S. futures skidded Tuesday as flaring conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due to ‘happy accident’ Team uses AI…...

6+ hour, 34+ min ago   (93+ words) By SEISAKU YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 18:02 JST Muji (Mujirushi Ryohin) clothing items on sale at a Lawson Inc. convenience store (Provided by Lawson Inc.) Convenience store clothing selections are expanding beyond their emergency-only image, be it hurriedly replacing ripped…...

2+ day, 9+ 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,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (772+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:35 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares skidded Thursday following a retreat on Wall Street as the price of crude oil again traded above $100 a barrel. U.S. futures were modestly higher. The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (60+ words) September 7, 2026 at 18:26 JST Global shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers’ stocks. [Read More] Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun Fire…...

4+ day, 2+ 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…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (367+ words) By YUMI NAKAYAMA/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 18:22 JST Ikuo Oshima, a Japanese dogsled hunter who spent about a half century in the Arctic leading the traditional life of an Inuit, died on Sept. 8. He was 79. A native of Higashi-Kurume in…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (357+ words) September 9, 2026 at 07:10 JST Japan has protested against Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips, saying Tuesday that Tokyo is studying the potential impact on Japanese companies. China imposed the curb on…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (758+ words) By MASASHI KISANUKI/ Staff Writer September 8, 2026 at 15:01 JST Shinjuku Ward Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi, second from right, presents a proposal for tougher minpaku regulations to Koichi Hagiuda, the Liberal Democratic Party's executive acting secretary-general, center, on May 27. (Provided by Shinjuku Ward…...