Japan

TOKYO – Japan’s major retailers are experimenting with new store formats as rising living costs drive demand for cheaper groceries

TOKYO – Japan has chosen a small, irregularly shaped moon orbiting Mars rather than the planet itself for its latest

TOKYO – Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked the first anniversary of her administration on October 21 with approval ratings still

TOKYO – Typhoon No. 31 (In-Fa) formed near the Marshall Islands at 3 a.m. on October 24, marking the first

YOKOHAMA – A fire broke out at a warehouse believed to belong to Kurosawa Film Studio in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture,

TOKYO – Japan’s revised Imperial House Law took effect on October 24, allowing female members of the Imperial Family to

TOKYO – Japanese drone manufacturer Terra Drone has delivered interceptor drones to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense for the first time,

NARA – Four dead fawns with missing body parts have been discovered around Kofukuji and Todaiji temples in Nara between

TOKYO – A long-running legal battle between two nearly identical Japanese mascots, Chiitan and Shinjo-kun, is heading to the Supreme

NAHA – Typhoon No. 30 (Champar) brought widespread transport disruption to Okinawa on October 23, forcing the cancellation of flights