9+ hour, 36+ min ago   (198+ words) Officials in Chiba Prefecture, neighboring Tokyo, report that more than 520 businesses have been affected by the record rain that struck last month. They say losses total over 2.6 billion yen, or roughly 17 million dollars. During the downpours in mid-August, the Japan…...

13+ hour, 26+ min ago   (234+ words) Japan's environment ministry is set to provide support to businesses that establish large-scale production bases for recycling plastic. The move comes after the situation in and around Iran affected the distribution of chemical products derived from naphtha, a petrochemical used…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (135+ words) South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Saturday that North Korea has fired ballistic missiles several times toward the Sea of Japan from the country's east coast. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Saturday that North Korea…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (175+ words) Japan's government plans to update a procedure for repatriating the remains of people who died overseas in World War Two. The aim is to bring them back faster when possible. Welfare ministry officials presented the changes on Tuesday at a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (283+ words) NHK has learned that a documentary film showing Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the immediate aftermath of the August 1945 atomic bombings contains scenes with a wider field of view than previously known. The documentary "Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (232+ words) Researchers at the Japan Meteorological Agency say bands of tall heavy rain clouds, called "squall line type," brought record rainfall last month to Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. Chiba City received about three times the normal rainfall for the entire…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (167+ words) Japan's agriculture ministry says it will raise the price of imported wheat by 12 percent from the fall. The ministry on Wednesday announced the average price of five major wheat brands for the period between October and March next year. It…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (234+ words) Japan's Children and Families Agency says 50 children across the country died from abuse in the year to March 2025. This excludes cases involving the suicide of parents or guardians. The agency says the figure, which includes deaths caused by assault or…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (106+ words) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears to have a warning for those betting against the yen. He said he has information that market players don't, and that he is the "house" now. The comment was made on Tuesday during an…...