Two Vietnamese youths save drowning Japanese children
The two Japanese children, a girl and a boy, were suddenly swept away by strong waves and winds as they were sitting on a float and playing in the water near the shore, according…
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2025 Expo Osaka: 30,000 visitors left behind at venue; Osaka Metro apologises
The cause of the trouble was a power outage on the transmission rail used to operate the trains between Cosmosquare and Osaka Port stations.
South Korean President Lee, Japan PM Ishiba to hold summit on August 23
President Lee's trip to Japan is meant to resume a shuttle diplomacy — through which leaders of the two countries take turns traveling to a counterpart's country frequently…
U.S. auto tariff on Japan could be lowered to 15% in mid-September, U.S. source says
Washington and Tokyo agreed on July 22 to lower the tariff on cars and auto parts imported from Japan from the current 27.5% to 15%. However, this tariff cut is not stated in U.S.…
Storytellers pass on experiences of war survivors in lecture series in western Tokyo
With those who lived through the war rapidly dying out, the storytellers stress the importance of passing down their wartime experiences to future generations.
New Philippine-Japan defence deal to take effect on Sept. 11
Philippines Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. called the agreement a “potent instrument” of two nations with a shared goal of protecting their territories against…
Streetcar hit by atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima makes special run
Streetcar No. 156, the oldest atomic-bombed car, was built a century ago and remained in regular service until 1971. It was repaired in 2020 and has since been used at special…
Japan boxing to hold emergency meeting following deaths of two fighters
Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on August 2 and died days later following brain…
Alliance for Northeast Asia nuclear-weapon-free zone
Northeast Asia is the sole region of the world to have suffered the atrocity of nuclear warfare, and Koreans, alongside the Japanese, experienced its cataclysmic destruction.
Some of Japanese ruling party’s prefectural chapters lean toward early presidential election
An early election can be held, even before Ishiba’s term as party leader ends in September 2027, if the move is agreed upon by 172 LDP members — a majority of the 295…