1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (548+ words) A JSDF member carefully transfers a mock shell into a blast-resistant container during an unexploded ordnance disposal drill. April 2024, Naha City (Sankei by Naoki Otake). Three years after Japan released its landmark security documents in December 2022, the strategic picture looks…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (308+ words) Women promoting the "Gal Mikoshi" event visited the Osaka head office of The Sankei Shimbun on June 16. (Sankei/Kosuke Terada) The Tenjin Matsuri, one of Japan's three major festivals alongside Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and Tokyo's Kanda Matsuri, will take place…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (372+ words) LDP tax chief Itsunori Onodera speaks at a working-level meeting of the National Council on Social Security held inside the Diet on the afternoon of June 17. (Sankei/Ataru Haruna) A proposal floated by Liberal Democratic Party Research Commission on the…...

3+ day, 18+ min ago  (770+ words) A waste-plastics chemical recycling facility operated by Mitsubishi Chemical and ENEOS in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Courtesy of Mitsubishi Chemical) More than three months of escalating tensions in the Middle East have rattled Japan's economy. Concerns over naphtha supplies'a key feedstock…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (542+ words) Tunisia manager Sabri Lamouchi speaks at a news conference in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 13, 2026. (Henry Romero/REUTERS) Sweden's 5-1 beatdown of Tunisia in a 2026 FIFA World Cup Group F match marked the end of Tunisia manager Sabri Lamouchi's tenure. The Tunisian…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1165+ words) Tadashi Sugiura telling stories at a park. (Japan Forward/Mika Sugiura) My uncle, Tadashi Sugiura, said to be the last professional Japanese picture-card storyteller (kamishibaishi) in Japan, passed away on May 28 at the age of 95. He was featured in numerous…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (209+ words) At the FIFA World Cup being held across three North and Central American nations, the post-match behavior of Japanese supporters who attended the Group F match between Japan and the Netherlands has been drawing praise from foreign media. In Group…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (385+ words) Three weeks after his five-season stint leading the Ryukyu Golden Kings ended following the team's fifth consecutive trip to the B. League Finals, Dai Oketani has a new coaching job. Oketani was named the new coach of the Kawasaki Brave Thunders…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (946+ words) Japan players react after Daichi Kamada's match-tying goal against the Netherlands in the 89th minute of a 2026 FIFA World Cup Group F match on June 14 in Arlington, Texas. (SANKEI) Resilience. Teamwork. Clutch performances. These were defining characteristics of Japan's 2-2 draw with…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (102+ words) Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako with King Willem-Alexander and Queen M'xima, June 14, Apeldoorn. (Courtesy of the Royal House of the Netherlands via Kyodo) On June 14, Their Majesties Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watched a FIFA World Cup group-stage match between…...