2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (154+ words) Japanese food maker Calbee says it will resume full-color printing on the front of some of its packages as ink supplies improve. The company shifted to black-and-white packaging for its 14 major products in late May. It said the tensions in…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (216+ words) The mother of a Japanese woman who was abducted and taken to North Korea almost half a century ago has handed more than 1,000 messages wishing for her daughter's return to the minister in charge of the issue. Yokota Sakie and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (158+ words) There has been a surge in social media posts falsely claiming the suspect in the death of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto Prefecture is a foreign national, despite police denying the claims. The boy's father has been arrested on suspicion…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (250+ words) NHK has learned that Japan's government is making arrangements to evacuate its nationals from the Middle East by flying them out of Saudi Arabia and Oman as early as the beginning of next week. Many Japanese remain stranded in the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (267+ words) The Japanese government says it will continue diplomatic efforts with relevant countries in a bid to de-escalate tensions amid US-Israeli attacks on Iran. There was a flurry of questions about Iran during a meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee…...