Hakamata seeks 12,500 yen per day of wrongful incarceration
Iwao Hakamata, a former boxer who was acquitted of murder charges after spending decades on death row, is seeking about 217 ...
New theme park Junglia Okinawa to debut this summer
Junglia Okinawa, a new theme park opening in northern Okinawa Prefecture on July 25, will feature a Dinosaur Safari ...
Indian company orders 50 ‘flying cars’ from Aichi-based SkyDrive
Suzuki's backing of SkyDrive when the venture introduced its aircraft technology to India is the latest of its boons as a ...
Japan halts U.N. panel funding, wants only men as imperial heirs
The government will ensure that Japan's voluntary contributions no longer fund a U.N. committee dedicated to battling ...
Asia shares mostly rise while some regional markets stay closed for holidays
Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it ...
NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
DeepSeek has rattled the AI industry. Here’s a quick look at other Chinese AI models
The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a ...
Pile-driving work begins in seabed off Henoko for U.S. air base
Workers on Jan. 29 began driving sand piles to shore up the soft seabed on the north side of Henoko in Nago, Okinawa ...
VOX POPULI: Aerial view of sinkhole and neighborhood turns existential
Without warning, the ground split. A huge sinkhole opened up on a road in a residential neighborhood. A truck fell into it ...
Nissan says it plans job and production cuts in the U.S.
Nissan is slashing production at its U.S. plants and offering buyouts to factory workers there as part of the Japanese automaker’s urgent efforts to return to profitability.
Niigata-bound tourists keep ending up in Akita Prefecture
As a taxi driver escorted three Australians into JR Yuzawa Station's tourist information center here, an employee was hit ...
Rescue work halted after more cave-ins widen Saitama sinkhole
The rescue operation for a truck driver trapped in a sinkhole at an intersection here was again suspended on Jan. 30 after additional cave-ins made the site dangerously unstable.