Cherry blossoms have reached their peak in Kitashiobara, Fukushima Prefecture, dyeing the mountain pass there a vivid pink.

Although a defensive management style of retaining cash and deposits has been identified as a challenge for the Japanese economy, it shows no signs of changing. Funds should be redirected toward ...

Unstable crude oil supplies triggered by the Iran conflict have forced fishermen in Shizuoka Prefecture to limit their trips out to sea over fears of running out of fuel.

Sunday marked seven years since Takuya Matsunaga’s wife and daughter were killed after being hit by a car in Tokyo’s busy Ikebukuro district in April 2019.

A new leadership structure has been established in Vietnam, which is under the one-party rule of the Communist Party. In light of this unprecedented step, which concentrates power in the hands of a ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Monday, nearing the all-time high it scaled last week, as optimism over the red-hot ...

The approval rating of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is 66%, according to a nationwide public opinion survey ...

People walk through Iceland poppies in Shinrin Park, also known as Musashi-Kyuryo National Government Park, in Namegawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:16 JST, April 20, 2026 ...

A recent Yomiuri Shimbun poll found that 87% of respondents approved of the government’s response to the situation in Iran, ...

A call was made to police to report a body floating on a lake at Ohori Park in Fukuoka on Sunday. “A person seems to be ...

Eight people including a child remain hospitalised in Kyiv after being wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday.

The export value of seafood and processed seafood products from Kagoshima Prefecture in 2025 was the highest since 1979, the earliest year with comparable data, the Kagoshima Branch Customs has stated ...