Japanese Emperor wishes for a peaceful 2025 after a year of natural disasters
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito wished for a peaceful year during the 2025 New Year’s greeting held at the Imperial Palace on J...
read moreMan arrested for writing graffiti at Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Police arrested a 46-year-old man for writing graffiti at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on January 2.He likely went throu...
read moreTuna fetches over 200 million yen in first auction of 2025 at Tokyo's Toyosu market
A bluefin tuna fetched 207 million yen, or about 1.3 million dollars, in the first auction of the year at the Toyosu fis...
read moreJapans only male sea otter dies
Japan’s only male sea otter Riro died on January 4 at Marine World Uminonakamichi aquarium in Fukuoka City in southweste...
read moreAlligators, crocodiles, and pond cleaned for the New Year
The annual year-end cleaning of the alligator pond at the Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden in Higashi Izu, Shizuoka ...
read moreMiniatures Museum gets cleaned up for the New Year
NTV Reporter: This is a miniature of Kansai International Airport. The Small Worlds Miniature Museum is one of the lar...
read moreUranium detected in fuel debris from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
This is a photograph of the approximately 0.7 grams of fuel debris first removed in November from the Fukushima Daiichi...
read morePM Ishiba pledges to put priority on disaster prevention
S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan: On New Year's Day, there was an earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. It's been...
read moreDivers rescued from stranded boat off Okinawa's Kerama islands
The Japan Coast Guard rescued divers from a stranded boat off Okinawa's Kerama islands in southwestern Japan.Coast guard...
read moreJapanese chemical maker to mass produce perovskite solar cells
Sekisui Chemical plans to mass produce perovskite solar cells, a new technology said to hold the key to the expansion of...
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