The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Healthy to 100: Secrets from Countries Where Retirees Age Best

Longevity is a team sport, according to author Ken Stern. Here's the secret sauce for living long, healthy lives from countries such as Italy and Japan.

Kiplinger · Jan 3

Unannounced 32TB Seagate hard drive surfaces in Japan for photoshoot — but the IronWolf Pro gets a shockingly high $887 price tag

Seagate’s unannounced 32TB IronWolf Pro hard drive surfaced in Japanese retail, marking a quiet shift of extreme capacity toward consumers.

TechRadar · Jan 2

Japan's PM Takaichi Joins Fight on 'More Toilets for Women in Parliament'

Japan's parliament sees increased female lawmakers, prompting calls for more women's toilets; lawmakers highlight the need for infrastructure improvements to support gender equality.

International Business Times UK · Jan 2

Pacifist Japan has slowly transformed from exclusively self-defense to a military buildup

Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

India overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy, government review says

The ranking will be confirmed in 2026, once the final annual GDP data is released

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

World's oldest professional football player signs for one more season

Japan's Kazuyoshi "King Kazu" Miura, who turns 59 in February, joined third-division Fukushima United on loan from Yokohama FC.

Euronews · Dec 31, 2025

Xi steps up crackdown on press freedom in China: ‘Even moderate voices are being silenced’

IN FOCUS: Speaking to Alisha Rahaman Sarkar, the son of a jailed veteran state media journalist calls on US and European governments to pressure Beijing for his release

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

‘People are wrestling with the burden’: Japan pivots to focus on nuclear power ‘maximisation’ alongside renewables

Post-Fukushima nuclear closures of dozens of reactors forced the country to rely heavily on imported fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2025

A forgotten chapter: The stories of Allied POWs in Nagasaki during the atomic bombing

Hundreds of Allied prisoners of war were held in Japanese camps in Nagasaki when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb 80 years ago

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

How baseball helped shape Japanese migrants’ experiences during the White Australia policy

In 1919, Japanese migrants in Sydney gifted a silver cup to the New South Wales Baseball Association.

The Conversation · Dec 30, 2025