Yuri Kageyama
Typhoon hits southwest Japan, one dead
A tropical storm has slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds, leaving one person dead and another missing, as it swerved north...
Suspect in deadly Osaka clinic fire dies in hospital
Japanese police say the suspect in a fire in Osaka that killed 25 people has died at a hospital where he was...
Toyota pledges range of up to 30 electric vehicles by 2030
Japanese car maker Toyota is beefing up its electric vehicle line-up and will be offering 30 fully electric models by 2030, president...
Japan princess flees to US with the man who rules her heart
The Japanese princess who gave up the throne to marry her commoner college sweetheart has left for New York, as the couple...
Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Sunao Tsuboi dies at 96
Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing who made opposing nuclear weapons the message of his life, including in a...
COVID complications kill Kill Bill star Sonny Chiba
Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including Kill Bill, has...
Documents prove Japan forced Australian women to be wartime sex slaves
Sex slaves provided to Japan’s army during World War II included women from Australia, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines as well as...
What an innings! World’s oldest human is 116 and still at the crease
A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honoured Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness...
Mitsubishi admits to cheating on emissions test
Mitsubishi's shares have plunged 15.2 per cent after the car company admitted emissions test data had been falsified by employees.