SINGAPORE –Seeking an import who could step up to the first team as and when needed, Albirex Niigata signed Japanese forward Shingo Nakano to fill their Under-21 foreigner slot in late May ...

The Consulate General of Japan in Miami is pleased to announce the arrival of Junya Nakano, who was appointed by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as new Consul General in December 2024.

In late December Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi visited China, where he took part in a series of meetings with his counterpart Wang Yi and other Chinese officials. The trip gave the ...

Eighty-seven inpatients, doctors, nurses and other staff at a hospital in the capital’s Nakano Ward tested positive for the new coronavirus on April 12, according to the Tokyo metropolitan ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...

The arrests announced on Jan. 24 raised the number of suspects in custody to four over the burglary-assault that occurred on Dec. 5 in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward. Masaya Yamada, 22, a resident of ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...