The plan would take more than a decade to carry out and has mounting opposition from conservationists, civic groups, neighbors and sports fans. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama hosts event to support evacuees from Ukraine
An event to support people evacuated from Ukraine was held in Yokohama, near Tokyo. About 100 evacuees were invited to the event at the office of the Kanagawa prefectural government on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Suspect arrested after man fatally injured in Nagoya apartment
Police in Nagoya have arrested a 52-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his roommate on Saturday. According to police, a call came into 110 at around 5 a.m. Saturday, saying that a man was ... ( read original story ...)
100-year-old ginkgo trees could get the axe under disputed plan for Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park
A plan approved earlier this year by Gov. Yuriko Koike would let developers, led by Mitsui Fudosan, build a pair of 200-meter (650-feet) skyscrapers in Jingu Gaien, mow down trees in one of Tokyo's ... ( read original story ...)
Food cart sales to end in October on Tokyo-Osaka bullet trains
Shinkansen bullet trains connecting Tokyo and Osaka will stop providing food trolley service for passengers at the end of October, operator Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said, citing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s space agency is about to launch a lunar lander and revolutionary satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening. ( read original story ...)
Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish -Kyodo
Japan's fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service reported. ( read original story ...)
Football: Yokohama FC stun Marinos in derby
J-League first-division strugglers Yokohama FC came from behind to beat leaders Yokohama F Marinos 4-1 at home Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Warplanes Sent to Monitor Chinese Bombers: Tokyo
Tokyo has scrambled warplanes to track Chinese bombers and drones off Okinawa and Taiwan, Kyodo News reported on Friday, citing the Japanese Defense Ministry. ( read original story ...)
Head of Japan coalition partner postpones China visit at China’s request
The head of Japan's Komeito party, the junior partner in the coalition government, will postpone his planned visit to China at China's request, the party announced on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
HUMAN MADE Opens First Store in Sapporo
NIGO ‘s HUMAN MADE is officially opening its store doors in Sapporo, Japan. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Pref. to make all high school tuition free, eliminate income limit in Japan first
The Osaka Prefectural Government officially decided on Aug. 25 to make education free for all students from households in the prefecture from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will launch SLIM moon lander and space telescope on Aug. 27. Here’s how to watch it live.
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to launch its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission on Sunday (Aug. 27) at 8:26 p.m. EDT (0026 GMT and 9:26 a.m. Japan time on Aug. 28). You can watch live in the link above this text; coverage will start roughly 35 minutes before launch. ( read ...
Murder suspected after man found covered in blood at Nagoya apartment
A man around his 50s was found bleeding in an apartment in this central Japan city's Nakamura Ward on Aug. 26, and was later confirmed dead ... ( read original story ...)
Japan prepares to launch X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening. ( read original story ...)
Woman, parents arrested over Sapporo murder to face psychiatric tests for 6 months
A woman and her parents who have been arrested over the alleged murder of a man found decapitated in a hotel in Sapporo will undergo psychiatric evaluations, investigative sources said Friday. Runa ... ( read original story ...)