Skyscraper window cleaner comes down with heat stroke
A cleaner who was washing a window on a tall building comes down with a heat stroke.
read moreJapan to provide $200 mil. for global food crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announces plans to provide 200 million dollars to fight the global food crisis fue...
read more205 people pass initial tests to be astronauts
Japan's education ministry announces that 205 people have passed initial tests to become astronauts.
read moreGovt calls for energy saving in Tokyo area
The Japanese government calls for energy saving in the Tokyo area as demand for electricity rises due to hot weather.
read moreRainy season over in various parts of Japan
The weather agency announces that the rainy season appears to be over in various parts of Japan including the eastern re...
read moreA look at Chernobyl after Russian seizure
Radioactive monitoring around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been disrupted as the Russian military da...
read moreGender-neutral swimsuit developed for schools
A gender-neutral swimsuit for use in school swimming classes has been developed.
read moreJapan absent from international nuclear disarmament conference
The First meeting of States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons begins on June 21 in Vienna, ...
read moreMeteorological Agency: High temps with possibility of heavy rains for many regions
The Japan Meteorological Agency releases its three-month weather forecast, saying that temperatures are expected to be h...
read moreOkinawa marks 77th anniversary of WWII ground battle
Okinawa marks the 77th anniversary of the end of a bloody World War II ground battle.
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