The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Princess Kako of Japan has attracted attention online after a photo of her sleeping on an economy flight to Brazil went viral.

The execution by hanging of a man convicted of killing nine people in Japan comes amidst a growing debate over the country's use of capital punishment.

Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered and dismembered nine people Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims.

A Japanese climber has died on Huascaran, the highest peak of Peru, a group to which she belongs said Thursday. Chiaki Inada, a 40-year-old doctor, became unable to move due to poor health ...

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, in the country's first use of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi — dubbed the "Twitter killer ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered a… ...

Opinion Falling birth rates don’t have to be a crisis. Just look at Japan. A falling birth rate doesn’t mean the end of civilization. Just look at how Japan is handling it.

China has begun construction of a new structure in waters between China and Japan in the disputed East China Sea, the Japanese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, adding it has lodged a protest with ...

Japan's tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa is arranging his seventh visit to the United States for as early as June 26, aiming to end tariffs that are hurting Japan's economy, two Japanese ...

Japan pulls out of talks with Trump administration after ‘being ordered to spend more on defence’ The two countries were set to hold annual security talks on 1 July ...

Researchers in Japan have developed the world’s largest-class superconducting quantum computer. Several hardware types are used to build quantum computers, which use subatomic particles called ...