Month: July 2023

"After the eighth day, I couldn't sleep at all," Hoshoryu said during a news conference in Nagoya. "Once I hit double-digit wins, the pressure was on." ... ( read original story ...)

In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear meltdown at the facility. Since then, the facility has stored the cooling water for nuclear fuel along with rain and groundwater that has been seeping through the damaged reactor building. ( read original story ...)

Japan hopes to communicate closely with China, including with its newly named foreign minister and veteran diplomat Wang Yi, the top government spokesperson said on Wednesday. "It is important to build a constructive and stable relationship with China through mutual efforts, ( read original story ...)

Japan all but guaranteed its spot in the knockout phase of the Women’s World Cup thanks to a 2-0 victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO – The mother of a woman who was arrested for allegedly mutilating the corpse of a decapitated man found in a Sapporo “love hotel” room earlier this month said her daughter was previously ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Advantest Corp said on Wednesday it sees the use of high-end semiconductors for generative artificial intelligence applications feeding into a recovery in demand for its chip testing machines. ( read original story ...)

Changing demographics are affecting nearly every part of society, while efforts to turn around the decline have so far had little impact ( read original story ...)

Nissan and Renault have redefined its French-Japanese auto alliance into a more equal one in cross-shareholdings. ( read original story ...)

I was sitting in the garden at home, and I got a telephone call to say that my daughter, Lucie, had gone missing.” These are the words of Tim Blackman, the father of Lucie Blackman, the 21-year-old British woman who vanished while living in Tokyo in 2000. ( read original story ...)