One dead, three seriously injured after tourist bus crash near Mount Fuji
One passenger dies and three are critically injured after a bus overturns near Mount Fuji.
read more"Ukraine must not be another A-bombed city": Japan PM Kishida
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio tells G7 leaders that Ukraine cannot be another land destroyed by nuclear weapons.
read moreTokyo starts accepting same-sex partnership applications
Tokyo starts accepting same-sex partnership applications.
read moreNissan exits Russia, sells business for 1 euro
Nissan withdraws from Russia, and sell its business for just one euro.
read moreJapan's Epsilon rocket launch fails
Japan's launch of the Epsilon-6 rocket fails, with officials transmitting a destruction command signal to the spacecraft...
read more20 percent vaccine discount on Tokyo Disney one-day passports
Oriental Land, the operator of the Tokyo Disney Resort, announces a 20 percent discount on one-day passports for people ...
read moreEruption occurs on Nishinoshima Island
An eruption has occured on Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in about 14 months.
read moreBaby sumo ritual held at Kyoto shrine
A baby sumo ritual is held at a shrine in Kyoto for the first time in three years.
read moreChrysanthemum doll festival in Fukushima
A chrysanthemum doll festival takes place in Fukushima Prefecture based on the theme of "The Tale of Princess Kaguya."
read moreNinjas welcome foreign tourists at Kansai International Airport
Staff dressed up as ninja welcome foreign tourists at Kansai International Airport.
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