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.

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 U.S.-led “war on terrorism” has weakened international terrorist organizations, but there is no end to incidents carried out by individuals believed to be influenced by Islamic extremist ideology.

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to begin providing support in fiscal 2027 to drug makers for them to manage ...

Ito En, Ltd., a major manufacturer specializing in Japanese green tea beverages, has developed a new line of sugar-free carbonated drinks that offer a beer-like bitterness combined with the flavor of ...

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 ...

Few fields capture the pioneering spirit of humankind like space, and few show as clearly what partners can achieve together. Japan, Germany and France are leaders in this field. Last month, our two ...

Giant pumpkins appeared at Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome in Koto Ward, Tokyo, ahead of Halloween on Oct. 31, delighting visitors who enjoyed rolling the pumpkins around and took commemorative ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun Cosmos flowers are seen in full bloom against the backdrop of Mt. Fuji on Sunday. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 13:03 JST, October 19, 2026. FUJI, Shizuoka — Cosmos f ...

The Justice Ministry will launch a pilot program next fiscal year to provide specialized treatment for prison inmates with severe behavioral disorders that cause them to harm themselves or others.

It goes without saying that should an enemy launch a missile attack against Japan, Japan must be able to strike back at the enemy’s launch site, but there are many challenges to realizing this ...

Typhoon Champi, also known as Typhoon No. 30, is forecast to approach the south of Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday.