Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)--A House of Representatives special committee on Thursday approved a bill aimed at boosting measures to tackle Japan's declining birthrate. The bill is designed to ...
The International Whaling Commission unveiled Thursday a draft proposal to bring all whaling operations under its full control and to strengthen and focus the work of the IWC on conservation ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide. It’s recommended that you download it and read it right now (or even better, after you read it, print it out and ...
Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "Shinkansen" service. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted ...
TOKYO: Japanese space scientists have unveiled the asteroid hunting space probe they hope to launch later this year on a mission to mine a celestial body. The probe named Hayabusa-2 is expected to ...
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida address guests in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday night. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) The first state dinner for ...
Japan announced plans on Wednesday to develop a next-generation passenger jet over the next decade after the last struggling attempt, led by a private company, was scrapped a year ago. The new ...
Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes.
Japan’s five-year bond yield climbed to the highest since 2011 on growing speculation the nation’s central bank will raise interest rates further to stem the yen’s weakness. The yield ...
Kabira Bay, located on the north coast of Ishigaki Island, Japan, where many go to escape terrible hay fever. (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis/Getty Images) TOKYO — Spring is a miserable ...
WASHINGTON – Two days after the distinctly American eclipse, President Joe Biden announced that on the next visit to our closest celestial neighbor − the moon − the U.S. will be accompanied ...