4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (570+ words) June 18, 2021 at 12: 55 JST DHARMSALA, India--The new president of the Tibetan exile government said on Thursday he will do his best to resume a dialogue with China after more than a decade, and that a visit by the Dalai Lama…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago  (118+ words) By SHINJI HAKOTANI/ Staff Writer May 24, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Five hundred cut tulips are shown in a 360-degree glass display at the Tulip Palace in the Tonami Tulip Gallery in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, on April 6. (Hiyori Uchiumi) TONAMI, Toyama Prefecture'Rather than…...

22+ hour, 13+ min ago  (110+ words) May 21, 2026 at 18: 13 JST A practice round is fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher during an exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture on May 20. (Nobuo Fujiwara) Amid howls of local protest, U. S. Marines test-fired a…...

23+ hour, 30+ min ago  (114+ words) By TAKAHIRO TAKENOUCHI/ Staff Writer May 24, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Ikue Nonaka, left, professor emeritus of Meiji University and a member of the Japanese Coalition Against Military Research in Academia, criticizes universities for applying for the Defense Ministry-related competitive research funding at…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (701+ words) By TAKASHI MIYAZAWA/ Staff Writer May 24, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Yohei Tamura holds prototypes of pet figurines from the "Uchinoko Paint Figure" series at the storefront of a model shop in Matsuyama on April 6. (Takashi Miyazawa) MATSUYAMA--Grieving pet owners can take…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (94+ words) May 22, 2026 at 18: 43 JST Education minister Yohei Matsumoto speaks at a news conference on May 22 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. (Yusuke Morishita) The education ministry on May 22 said a Kyoto high school's field trip that ended in tragedy in Okinawa Prefecture not…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (45+ words) By DAISUKE IGARASHI/ Senior Staff Writer May 22, 2026 at 15: 02 JST Real police arrest alleged impostor cop who crashed fake patrol car U. S. rocket launcher drill near Mt. Fuji draws protests Security guard, 72, behind design of Nike's new Shinjuku store...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (446+ words) By CHINAMI TAJIKA/ Staff Writer May 23, 2026 at 07: 00 JST The TZ SUV under the Lexus brand is unveiled on May 7 in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. (Tadashi Mizowaki) Toyota Motor Corp. showcased its new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) under the luxury Lexus…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (725+ words) May 23, 2026 at 07: 00 JST South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks at the rollout ceremony for the mass production of the KF-21 fighter jet in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang province, on March 25. (Provided by Dong-A Ilbo) South Korea is promoting its defense industry…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1261+ words) By SUZUKA TOMINAGA/ Staff Writer May 23, 2026 at 07: 00 JST Closed shops and vacant plots dot a street outside JR Kutchan Station in Kutchan, western Hokkaido, in December. (Suzuka Tominaga) KUTCHAN, Hokkaido'Land prices are soaring in this town in western Hokkaido while…...