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Nikkei logs highest year-end close on record above 50,000
The Nikkei stock index climbed 26 percent in 2025 from a year earlier to close at a record year-end high above 50,000 on Tuesday, helped by an artificial…
10 hours ago
Japan Today
Nikkei logs highest year-end close on record above 50,000
China fires rockets during military exercises simulating Taiwan blockade
The Chinese military held a second day of large-scale exercises on Tuesday focused on isolating the democratic island and deterring aid from Taipei’s partners.
12 hours ago
Japan Times
China fires rockets during military exercises simulating Taiwan blockade
Japanese group calls for emergency portable toilets to meet its standards
A nonprofit called Japan Toilet Labo has created a recommendation mark for emergency-use toilets that are compliant with its standards and encourages manufacturers to display it.
12 hours ago
Japan Times
Japanese group calls for emergency portable toilets to meet its standards
For Japanese markets in 2025, it was politics, politics, more politics and AI
Japan’s benchmark stock index had a rough start to the year but made a strong comeback.
12 hours ago
Japan Times
For Japanese markets in 2025, it was politics, politics, more politics and AI
61-year-old man arrested over death of 93-year-old father
Police in Shiota, Saga Prefecture, have arrested a 61-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of fatally assaulting his 93-year-old father at their home. Police said Makoto Yamaguchi, who was…
13 hours ago
Japan Today
61-year-old man arrested over death of 93-year-old father
61-year-old man arrested over death of 93-year-old father
Police in Shiota, Saga Prefecture, have arrested a 61-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of fatally assaulting his 93-year-old father at their home. Police said Makoto Yamaguchi, who was…
13 hours ago
Japan Today
61-year-old man arrested over death of 93-year-old father
China fires rockets toward Taiwan in war games simulating blockade
China fired rockets toward Taiwan on Tuesday and deployed new amphibious assault ships alongside bomber aircraft and warships to encircle the island on the second day of its…
13 hours ago
Japan Today
China fires rockets toward Taiwan in war games simulating blockade
Australian police say Bondi beach mass shooting suspects acted alone
A father and son accused of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi beach "acted alone" and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, police said on Tuesday.…
13 hours ago
Japan Today
Australian police say Bondi beach mass shooting suspects acted alone
Multilateralism is not dead yet
Electorates are far more aware than ever of the connection between what is happening in their local communities and what is happening globally.
13 hours ago
Japan Times
Multilateralism is not dead yet
From the Andes to Darfur: Colombians lured to Sudan’s killing fields
Hundreds were drawn in with the promise of Emirati paychecks. What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment.
13 hours ago
Japan Times
From the Andes to Darfur: Colombians lured to Sudan’s killing fields
Memo to liberal democracies: Beware ‘security autism’
Japan’s variant is different but equally dangerous, a society so fragmented in its security perceptions that it cannot form coherent responses to existential threats.
14 hours ago
Japan Times
Memo to liberal democracies: Beware ‘security autism’
Memo to liberal democracies: Beware ‘security autism’
Japan’s variant is different but equally dangerous, a society so fragmented in its security perceptions that it cannot form coherent responses to existential threats.
14 hours ago
Japan Times
Memo to liberal democracies: Beware ‘security autism’
India's water crunch brews risks for beverage giants
The challenges for the brewers in Rajasthan mirror a wider crisis across India, which holds 17% of the world's population but just 4% of its freshwater.
14 hours ago
Japan Times
India's water crunch brews risks for beverage giants
Former JCP leader Tetsuzo Fuwa dies at 95
The former leader of the Japanese Communist Party played a pivotal role in steering the party away from its revolutionary image toward that of a pragmatic, moderate one.
14 hours ago
Japan Times
Former JCP leader Tetsuzo Fuwa dies at 95
Who would win the 'Sumo Awards' for 2025?
Rikishi of the year would naturally be the showpiece award, and for 2025 there's an obvious recipient.
14 hours ago
Japan Times
Who would win the 'Sumo Awards' for 2025?
Gambling with the dollar’s future
While there is no immediate candidate to supplant the U.S. dollar, higher U.S. inflation remains a threat, and global trade with the U.S. is becoming increasingly fragmented.
14 hours ago
Japan Times
Gambling with the dollar’s future
AI memory demand propels Kioxia to world’s best-performing stock
Kioxia’s shares have risen around 540% year-to-date, outperforming all other members of the MSCI World Index and making it the top stock in Japan’s Topix benchmark for 2025.
15 hours ago
Japan Times
AI memory demand propels Kioxia to world’s best-performing stock
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over shipment of weapons for separatists that arrived from UAE
Saudi Arabia bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived…
17 hours ago
Japan Today
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over shipment of weapons for separatists that arrived from UAE
Peace hopes dented as Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence
Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence to back up an assertion that Kyiv…
18 hours ago
Japan Today
Peace hopes dented as Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence
Woman stabbed at Tokyo apartment; suspect held in Chiba
A woman in her 30s was stabbed at an apartment building in Tokyo on Monday, and a man suspected of being the attacker was taken into custody in…
21 hours ago
Japan Today
Woman stabbed at Tokyo apartment; suspect held in Chiba
Boxer Anthony Joshua stable after fatal car crash in Nigeria
British former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria's Ogun State that killed ‌two of his close friends, promoter Matchroom Boxing…
22 hours ago
Japan Today
Boxer Anthony Joshua stable after fatal car crash in Nigeria
Boxer Anthony Joshua stable after fatal car crash in Nigeria
British former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria's Ogun State that killed ‌two of his close friends, promoter Matchroom Boxing…
22 hours ago
Japan Today
Boxer Anthony Joshua stable after fatal car crash in Nigeria
UK opposition leaders demand human rights activist be stripped of citizenship for past tweets
Political opposition leaders in the United Kingdom have called for a human rights activist to be stripped of his citizenship over past social media posts allegedly containing violent…
23 hours ago
Japan Today
UK opposition leaders demand human rights activist be stripped of citizenship for past tweets
Window of lucky charms
Matsuya department store's window in Tokyo's Ginza district features a display of kasafuku, a traditional craft that has been handed down in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture since ancient…
23 hours ago
Japan Today
Window of lucky charms
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