1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (84+ words) By KOZO YAKUWA/ Staff Writer September 6, 2026 at 07:00 JST Vegetables and fruit are prominently marketed as “Hachioji grown” in the farm shop at Hachioji Takiyama roadside station on May 29. (Kozo Yakuwa) They’re among the wonders of Japan, and Hanakaido Tsukechi is…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (68+ words) September 11, 2026 at 12:10 JST SEOUL/BEIJING—Coffee bars. Waterparks. Retail therapy. North Korea — a country few would associate with leisure or pleasure — is experiencing an unlikely outbreak of fun. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (78+ words) By YUKI NIKAIDO/ Staff Writer August 21, 2026 at 17:12 JST Japan hanged a prisoner on Aug. 21, ending the life of Sunao Takami, a 58-year-old man who killed five people when he set fire to a busy Osaka pachinko parlor. [Read More] INTERVIEW…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (108+ words) By KAZUYA MIKI/ Staff Writer September 13, 2026 at 07:00 JST Numerous mid- and high-rise apartment buildings and hotels are seen in the Niseko-Hirafu district of Kutchan, Hokkaido, on Aug. 5 while more development projects are underway. (Kazuya Miki) Overseas tourists outspent their Japanese counterparts…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (93+ words) By SEISAKU YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 18:02 JST Muji (Mujirushi Ryohin) clothing items on sale at a Lawson Inc. convenience store (Provided by Lawson Inc.) Convenience store clothing selections are expanding beyond their emergency-only image, be it hurriedly replacing ripped…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (80+ words) September 11, 2026 at 09:50 JST BANGKOK—Hundreds of people demonstrated outside Israel's embassy in Bangkok on Thursday to demand foreigners show more respect for Thailand's laws and culture as public discontent over bad behavior by visitors has increasingly focused on Israeli tourists....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (92+ words) September 7, 2026 at 14:05 JST An electric board warns of scheduled train service suspensions in response to the heavy rain at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 7. (Kenta Sujino) Commuters faced major train disruptions to start the work week,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (838+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:21 JST From left: Chugai Pharmaceutical researchers Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after receiving a Lasker Award for developing hemophilia drug Hemlibra. (Kenta Noguchi) Four Japanese scientists whose…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (402+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:00 JST Vehicles are stranded by a landslide at a car park serving the 5th station of Mount Fuji’s Fujinomiya trail, a common jump-off point for mountain climbers tackling the iconic peak, as heavy rain fell across parts of central…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (79+ words) August 26, 2026 at 12:15 JST BEIJING—Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of former leader Mao Zedong, was handed the maximum three-year sentence for “defaming national heroes and martyrs” by a Chinese court on Tuesday, ‌his wife and…...