A Chinese-language AI agent that assess system vulnerabilities may have been exploited in some of the recent cyberattacks on Japanese companies and organizations that resulted in massive data breaches ...

The government plans to resume admissions of foreign nationals to work in food service operations at medical and welfare ...

Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mission intended to become the first to collect samples from the small rocky body and return them to Earth for ...

Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers aims to use the posting system to move to Major League Baseball this offseason, the team announced its approval on Monday.

The de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is having a ripple effect on the car manufacture and repair industries in Japan. Imports of naphtha, which is made from crude oil, are coming to ...

A man in his 60s was stabbed with a knife near Osaka District Court in the western Japan city of Osaka on Tuesday morning.

The Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games kicked off in full on Monday, bringing a gold medal rush for the Japanese team, including a victory by Kengo Oshima in the men’s 200-meter track and field in the ...

Shizuka Hangai defeated Suvd-Erdene Togtokhbayar of Mongol in the women’s judo final of the 52-kilogram division, bringing the first gold medal at this Asian Para Games for a judo event.

Japan’s economy minister Minoru Kiuchi said on Tuesday he respects the central bank’s independence in setting monetary policy as stipulated by law.

The Kuju Range in Oita Prefecture, known as the ‘roof of Kyushu,’ has entered its autumn foliage season, delighting hikers. Trees such as Japanese enkianthus and maple have painted the mountainsides ...

Aira Kinoshita broke her own Games record to secure her second consecutive gold medal in the women’s S14 200-meter freestyle swimming competition at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Monday.

Kengo Oshima claimed the gold in the men’s T64 200 meters at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, setting a Games record of 23.24 seconds.