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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that Japan will seek to build constructive and stable relations with China through dialogue amid the recent escalation of bilateral tensions.

A major communications failure at NTT West disrupted services in parts of western Japan on Tuesday afternoon, leaving users unable to make calls via fixed-line and internet protocol …

A 48-year-old man was arrested following an attack in eastern Japan on Monday in which several people were slashed with a blade, according to local authorities.

The world's first "Dragon Ball" store opened in Tokyo on Friday, celebrating more than 40 years of the globally beloved Japanese manga, anime and video franchise. Initially published in 1984 in …

The number of foreigners resident in Japan who moved to the Tokyo metropolitan area in 2024 outnumbered those leaving by over 16,000, setting a record-high margin, government data …

Summer in Japan isn’t just hot anymore—it’s dangerously hot. In 2024, nearly 8,000 people in Tokyo alone were rushed to the hospital for heatstroke, most of them elderly.

October 2025 Spotlight Japan Today Spotlight #39 | Japan’s ‘foreigner problem’: Kimi Onoda and the politics of coexistence Oct. 30 08:00 am JST 33 Comments

Japan Today, launched in September 2000, is a Tokyo-based online newspaper, featuring all the latest news on Japan and the world, including national, political, entertainment, business, …

Japan news and Japanese national, crime, entertainment, politics, business, technology, sports stories in English. Features and analysis. 国内、海外、犯罪、娯楽、政治、経済、テクノロ …