
Pikotaro boosts UN sustainability on behalf of Japan
Popular comic singer Pikotaro helps promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the request of Foreign M...
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Death toll hits 28 a week after record rains
The death toll from torrential rains in Kyushu, southwest Japan, reaches 28 as three bodies are recovered in Asakura, Fu...
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110 isolated residents in Oita reconnected
110 residents isolated by flooding in Hita, southwest Japan are reconnected by road a week after record rains hit the ar...
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M5.3 quake hits Kyushu
A M5.3 earthquake hit Kyushu island, southwest Japan just before noon Tuesday.
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Koike tries to transform work culture
Japan's capital kicks off "Jisa Biz," a campaign to reform its hard-charging work culture.
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Opposition wants Abe at new probe of school scandal
Japan's opposition Democratic Party demands Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answer allegations he used his influence to favor ...
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