3 nabbed for smuggling 600 kg of stimulants
Police arrest 3 men in southwestern Japan for trying to smuggle 600 kilograms of stimulant drugs by boat.
read moreJapanese chemist Yoshino gives Nobel lecture
Japanese Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino gives a lecture on lithium-ion batteries in Stockholm.
read moreDr. Tetsu Nakamura's body returns home to Fukuoka
The body of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura is returned to his hometown, Fukuoka, after he was killed in an attack in Afghanistan las...
read moreCeremony honors 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
A ceremony marks the 78th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial Army's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the Un...
read moreBaseball players hand out Christmas presents
New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and Yomiuri Giants players give out presents to children ahead of Christmas.
read moreJapan's Diet approves US trade deal
Japan's Diet approves a new Japan-U.S. trade agreement that lowers tariffs on American beef and Japanese industrial prod...
read moreJapan mulls sending SDF vehicles to Middle East
Japan's government could send 2 SDF vehicles to the Middle East to collect information amid concern over pushing the lim...
read morePope's message of peace in Nagasaki
Pope Francis visits Nagasaki and Hiroshima so share his message of peace and meets the son of Joe O'Donnell, the man who...
read morePope Francis holds mass for 50,000 at Tokyo Dome
Pope Francis holds mass at Tokyo Dome on Monday and speaks at Sophia University on Tuesday before departing Japan.
read moreIconic Nagasaki photo lives on
After the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a US military photographer captured this iconic image. This week the pi...
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