1+ week, 6+ day ago   (63+ words) August 31, 2026 at 14:37 JST Fuko was born in the autumn of 2000, the turn of the millennium, as the first child of the Setoguchi family in Saga Prefecture. [Read More] After helping flood victims, worker in Fukui became one Over 350 dead, 1,000 missing…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (570+ words) By HIDEKI AOTA/ Staff Writer August 16, 2026 at 07:00 JST An artist’s rendition of a hotel, left background, to be installed at the rolling stock depot at Tenryu-Futamata Station, with the magnificent turntable located in front (Provided by Tenryu Hamanako Railroad Co.)…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (104+ words) By SHINJI HAKOTANI/ Staff Writer August 14, 2026 at 07:00 JST Members of the Toyooka tourism DX promotion council meet in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 17 to discuss how to attract visitors to the Kinosaki Onsen resort. (Shinji Hakotani) TOYOOKA, Hyogo Prefecture—Once…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (354+ words) August 7, 2026 at 11:15 JST Technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. reported Thursday an 18% drop in fiscal first quarter profit, as higher costs offset its investment gains. SoftBank Group, which invests aggressively in artificial intelligence, energy and robotics, recorded a 347.3 billion yen ($2.2 billion)…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (76+ words) July 22, 2026 at 12:15 JST Automobiles lined up at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama await export. (Daisuke Matsuoka) Japan recorded a trade deficit in June, according to government data released Wednesday, as the higher price of oil imports helped cause the second straight…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (558+ words) By KENJI KOMINE/ Staff Writer July 11, 2026 at 07:00 JST Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Kokurojo” (The Samurai and the Prisoner) is the award-winning Japanese filmmaker’s first go at a period drama. But true to Kurosawa’s reputation as a horror and thriller maestro…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (69+ words) July 3, 2026 at 12:12 JST He was still new to the school, a first-year student in the junior high division. It was around this time of year as the first term draws to a close. [Read More] Hashimoto shares his secrets to…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (519+ words) June 11, 2026 at 12:55 JST Twelve years after the end of World War II, author Shohei Ooka (1909-1988) contributed this comment to a newspaper: “Naturally, the Hinomaru (national flag) at our place was repurposed into a rice sack after Japan’s defeat in WWII....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (472+ words) June 2, 2026 at 13:48 JST Calbee Inc.’s Kappa Ebisen shrimp snacks in black-and-white bags at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 1 (Nobuo Fujiwara) Shoppers in Japan are seeing the effects of the energy and supply shocks triggered by the Middle East…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (446+ words) July 17, 2025 at 13:45 JST Japan sank into a trade deficit of 2.2 trillion yen ($15 billion) for the first six month of this year, according to government data released Thursday, as exports were hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. In June, Japan’s exports…...