6+ hour, 20+ min ago  (430+ words) Airline staff stand beside a poster informing passengers about changes to mobile battery handling at Haneda Airport on the afternoon of April 14. New rules on carrying power banks onto passenger aircraft have taken effect in Japan since April 24, following regulations…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (764+ words) On its opening day, the event's theme'Sustainable High City Tech Tokyo'took shape. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike framed the conference against a backdrop of what she called a time of "profound turbulence," citing a volatile international landscape, increasingly frequent natural disasters,…...

17+ hour, 38+ min ago  (833+ words) The technologies on display were not aimed only at some distant smart-city future, but at familiar settings: construction sites, factories, hospitals, airports, farms, restaurants, logistics centers, and public roads. Japan's labor shortages and aging population formed the backdrop, but the…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago  (641+ words) Analysts have found that narratives stoking anxiety over Japan's energy supply spread rapidly on X, after a Russian-linked account posted about the de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in early March. The campaign appears to have been aimed…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1088+ words) The Saga Hisamitsu Springs completed a two-match sweep of the Osaka Marvelous in the SV. League Women's Championship Finals on Sunday, April 26. In Yokohama, Saga clinched the pro volleyball title with a 25-20, 25-23, 25-14 win. A day earlier, Saga triumphed 3-2 (25-21, 28-26, 19-21, 23-25, 15-10) over the…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (788+ words) In his April 9 column, former Ambassador to Australia Shingo Yamagami discussed the US'Israeli strikes on Iran. He asked whether Japan should tolerate a hardline Islamist regime "buying time while advancing its nuclear and missile programs, supporting terrorism and intimidation, and…...

2+ day, 36+ min ago  (586+ words) Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako speak with guests at the spring garden party on April 17 at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Their Majesties Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted an imperial garden party on April 17 at the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (318+ words) In the oceans of the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100 to 72 million years ago, a gigantic octopus may have occupied the very top of the food chain. Reaching up to 19 meters (62 feet) in length, the creature was identified through AI-based analysis by…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (507+ words) Former University of Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa is seen during a game against San Diego State on November 8, 2025, in Honolulu. (Courtesy of Hawaii Athletics) Kansei Matsuzawa, who made 27 of 29 field-goal attempts in 2025 for the University of Hawaii football team, has…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1372+ words) Rui Hachimura had the hot hand for the Los Angeles Lakers in the first quarter of their NBA first-round playoff game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, April 24. While playing all 12 minutes of the opening quarter in Houston, Hachimura was…...