Names for panda cub narrowed down to 8 entries
Possible names for Tokyo's Ueno Zoo panda cub are narrowed down to 8 entries.
read moreOsprey makes emergency landing
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey makes an emergency landing at Oita Airport in southwestern Japan Tuesday evening. The a...
read moreAbe and Moon agree to put pressure on North Korea
Japanese and South Korean leaders agree over the phone to put further pressure on North Korea in the wake of Pyongyang's...
read moreCity in central Japan holds missile evacuation drill
An evacuation drill is held in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, amid residents' mounting anxiety over North Korean missile l...
read moreKumamoto Castle's new ornaments on display
New ornaments, killer whale statues, for Kumamoto Castle Tower are on display in southwestern Japan.
read moreNagasaki survivor and peace activist Sumiteru Taniguchi dies at 88
Sumiteru Taniguchi, an atomic bomb survivor and peace activist for over 60 years, dies at the age of 88.
read moreKobe politician resigns amid alleged fictional expenses
A Kobe assemblyman resigns amid allegations that he bilked the government of money using fictional receipts.
read moreASDF holds PAC-3 missile-defense exercises
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force conducts missile defense drills at U.S. military bases as North Korea launches a ballisti...
read moreHokkaido residents react to missile launch
People in Hokkaido react to a North Korean missile flying over northern Japan.
read moreJapan slams North Korea missile launch
Japan lodges a strong protest with North Korea over its early-morning launch of a missile over northern Japan.
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