16+ hour, 20+ min ago  (88+ words) By MASAKI HASHIDA/ Staff Writer April 12, 2026 at 07: 00 JST A package of Pasco Shikishima Corp. s Guilty Whipped Melonpan bread (Provided by Pasco Shikishima Corp.) With growth slowing in the soda market, Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. learned through its survey that…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (105+ words) By DAISUKE HATANO/ Staff Writer March 19, 2026 at 18: 09 JST Yuki Hiraki of Nagasaki Nishi High School plays catch at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, ahead of the Senbatsu spring national high school baseball tournament on March 15. (Daisuke Hatano) As…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (188+ words) Xenophobia adds to ordeal of foreign residents seeking housing" Xenophobia adds to ordeal of foreign residents seeking housing March 24, 2026 at 07: 00 JST A foreign worker is stationed permanently at an outlet of Ryowa House Co. , a real estate agent, in Hiroshima's…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1291+ words) June 14, 2025 at 07: 00 JST U. S. influencer Ananya Donapati shares useful tips on learning English and Japanese with her 700, 000 followers on social media. Some of the headlines she has used include'English words that you could use to beat native speakers hollow," and five…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (259+ words) February 13, 2026 at 12: 30 JST Hakuo-maru, a Fisheries Agency patrol vessel, left, and a seized Chinese fishing boat (Taken from the Fisheries Agency website) Japanese authorities have seized a Chinese "fishing boat and arrested "its captain "for allegedly fleeing inspection in its…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (671+ words) By HARUTO HIRAOKA/ Staff Writer January 28, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Inspired by the tragic death of a Sri Lankan woman in a detention facility, an art school grad student faced a controversial immigration issue head-on and produced a feature film for his…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (462+ words) By ARI HIRAYAMA/ Staff Writer January 27, 2026 at 16: 24 JST Nongovernmental organizations and other entities issue an emergency joint statement against anti-foreign campaign messages and policies in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 26. (Ari Hirayama) Human rights groups and religious organizations issued an…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (797+ words) By YUKIO ISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer January 18, 2026 at 07: 00 JST A scene from a TV commercial showing Aras plates falling from above (Provided by Ishikawa Jushi Kogyo) KAGA, Ishikawa Prefecture--In a nightmare scenario for waitstaff and households, plates are seen falling…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (366+ words) January 9, 2026 at 16: 06 JST Former Itochu Corp. President Uichiro Niwa, who served as Japan's first private sector ambassador to China during a turbulent time, died of old age on Dec. 24. He was 86. Niwa's family reported that they held a private funeral…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (224+ words) January 8, 2026 at 12: 20 JST Printed Chinese and Japanese flags are seen in this illustration on July 21, 2022. (REUTERS) Shares in Japanese chemical manufacturers fell on Thursday "after China's "commerce ministry said "it is launching an anti-dumping probe into imports of chemicals used…...