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Chitose Air Base on Hokkaido, Japan‘s northernmost main island near Russia, is set to become the third base for the country’s F-35A jets, with deployment scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2030, ... ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama Municipal Government has revealed plans to ban smoking on streets citywide ahead of the International Horticultural Expo to b ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to their homeland in China next month. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama India has significantly boosted its passenger car radial tyre output by two-thirds at its Vizag plant to 4.5 million units annually. This expansion aims to meet surging demand and balance its ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of anothe ... ( read original story ...)

A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday to catch a final glimpse, with many bidding the twins a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates on Friday to a three-decade high and pledge to keep hiking borrowing costs, closing the year with two rate hikes despite headwinds from U.S. tariffs ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner the Japan Innovation Party will skip pushing for a bill on cutting the number of parliamentary seats during the current diet session, walking ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber said it has begun supplying BluEarth-FE AE30 tires as original equipment to Nissan for the new Roox mini-vehicle, launched in 2025. Some grades of the Roox are equipped with 155/65R14 ... ( read original story ...)

Twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to China in late January, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about 50 years ... ( read original story ...)

The twin Pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, may have to leave Japan by next month if China declines to renew the bilateral agreement. ( read original story ...)

Yet, this pattern of words and actions appears to have found vocal support on social media from a group of right-wing online influencers in Japan. Through almost absurdly strident appeals — such as ... ( read original story ...)

Twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to China in late January, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about 50 years ( read original story ...)

Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art. ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO—Organizers unveiled the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival's lineup of giant winter sculptures on Dec. 12 that will include a famous castle and a ... ( read original story ...)