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SusHi Tech Tokyo underway, bringing startups, big companies and investors together

Organizers of Asia's largest startup convention hope the event results in 10,000 business negotiations.

Japan startup seeks approval of cat kidney disease treatment

A trial showed the drug significantly extended the life of afflicted cats.

In New York, Hibakusha call for nuclear weapons abolition

More than 200 hibakusha and other people marched for a kilometer to the U.N. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.

‘Goofy fluffball’ Gammo has a heart filled with joy

This 3-year-old dog has made big strides since arriving at the shelter around a year ago.

Firehorse Superstition Shows Women’s Education Doesn’t Affect Family Formation in Japan

Firehorse Superstition Shows Women’s Education Doesn’t Affect Family Formation in Japan Researchers leverage popular calendar superstition to understand the effects of women’s education on family formation and fertility…

‘Lost Land’: A Rohingya odyssey viewed with startling immediacy

Shot with nonprofessional Rohingya actors, Akio Fujimoto's film follows two siblings through a perilous journey, where survival depends as much on strangers as on luck.

Japan starts platform safety training for visually impaired

With more time needed to install platform screen doors, the transport ministry views the initiative as an urgent interim measure to prevent falls and other accidents.

Under cover of trade truce with Trump, China expands economic pressure toolkit

Beijing is punishing those who shift supply chains from China, tightening rare ​earth licensing, banning foreign AI and cybersecurity tech and weighing curbs on its solar gear.

Denso mulls withdrawing acquisition offer for chipmaker Rohm

Denso, part of the Toyota Motor group, is finding it difficult to gain support from Rohm for the acquisition offer, sources said.

Anderson Espinoza leading early-season charge for first-place Buffaloes

Espinoza is off to a 4-0 start to the season.

U.S. crude oil arrives in Japan for first time since start of Iran war

The Japanese government is rushing to increase crude oil procurement from non-Middle Eastern suppliers amid the war in Iran.

Minister inspects Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

Akazawa made the visit after the No. 6 reactor of the plant restarted commercial operations on April 16.

Firefighters in Iwate struggle to contain blazes as over 3,000 people evacuated

The area is already scarred by the memory of March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, when the town of Otsuchi lost nearly a tenth of its population.

Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora

The Red Sox are off to a 10-17 start to the MLB season.

Beyond the hub-and-spoke: Japan quietly emerges as a secondary connector

Tokyo is positioning itself as a strategic hub for middle-power security diplomacy that reinforces the U.S.-led order while diversifying its own security partnerships.

DOJ’s partial reversal on Powell probe keeps Fed drama alive

Typically, Fed chairs leave the central bank after their leadership tenure ends — only one has stayed on past the end of their term as chair in the central bank's 112-year history.

Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump's policies, but less Trump

The party's new strategy is to tap Trump's turnout power without making the midterms a referendum on an increasingly unpopular president.

Japan and EU to partner on undersea cable protections

Denny Tamaki will seek third term as Okinawa governor

Genta Koja, 42, a former deputy mayor of Naha, plans to run as a de facto candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Victims mourned 21 years after JR West train crash in Amagasaki

On April 25, 2005, a train entered a curved section at a speed far exceeding the limit and derailed, with the first and second cars colliding with a nearby apartment building.