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Called the Monarte Floating Floor, it can support over 6600 pounds, enough for a heavy EV. ( read original story ...)

A stretch of the Izu Islands south of Tokyo was hit with rainfall heavy enough to break decades-old records, prompting Japanese authorities to issue their most severe landslide alert. The warning, ... ( read original story ...)

A burst of extreme rainfall over central Japan overwhelmed drainage systems, rivers, and rail lines in one of the country’s largest cities earlier this month, setting a rainfall record that had stood ... ( read original story ...)

An expert on Mars has given a lecture in central Japan to raise awareness of a Japanese project to explore one of the red planet's satellites. ( read original story ...)

NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Genta Koja, the candidate backed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition, is set to win Sunday's Okinawa gubernatorial election, defeating incumbent Denny Tamaki, ... ( read original story ...)

In the rubble left by the firebombing of Tokyo in WWII, a 12-year-old girl who once dreamed of a life in music learns to shine shoes, fall in with a band of orphaned boys sheltering under a local ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- Resembling an imposing ancient Greek temple, the Nagoya City Performing Arts Studio towers over a park in a residential neighborhood in the ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Neighborhood police boxes are closing one after another at night in the Japanese capital. The reason is painfully simple: not enough officers･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government plans to update a procedure for repatriating the remains of people who died overseas in World War Two. The aim is to bring them back faster when possible. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s casino landscape could be reshaped following Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka’s resignation amid a power abuse scandal. His departure potentially paves the way for the ... ( read original story ...)

By Yuka Obayashi and Emily Chow TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan signed its first deal to procure liquefied natural gas in an emergency with Malaysia's Petronas, Japan's industry ministry said on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday that the government will continue to closely communicate with the United States to ensure orderly foreign exchange ... ( read original story ...)

A new generation of Japanese collectors, often guided by curiosity rather than long-term investment thinking, is beginning to reshape who buys and why. ( read original story ...)

Japan embarked on a groundbreaking initiative ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, gathering millions of used electronics and phones. This effort resulted in the extraction of significant ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is one of the countries most affected by restrictions placed on one of the world’s most important choke points. ( read original story ...)

Japan has come under US pressure to raise rates and strengthen the yen, which tumbled to a 40-year low this year. Bessent said on Tuesday that he had “pretty good insight into what the Bank of Japan ... ( read original story ...)