The Latest Breaking News from Japan

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Japan to attend the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scheduled for Sept. 27, sources in the Japanese government told The Yomiuri Shimbun. If realized, it will be her first visit to Japan since taking office.

The joint development of a next-generation fighter jet for Japan and the United Kingdom will likely involve a common airframe, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The U.S.-led Artemis Program is shooting for the moon. The international lunar exploration program has a broad range of objectives, including the return of humans to the surface of Earth's closest celestial neighbor for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

In a case of suspected organ trafficking in living donor kidney transplants, a nonprofit organization in Japan had planned transplants in Sri Lanka this year and told an overseas coordinator it would send "two patients [at intervals] for a total of about 10 patients," The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from…

Yasukuni shrine for war dead is seen in China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan’s former military aggression.

Ex-Formula 1 racer Heikki Kovalainen is pressing ahead with preparations for a one-off WRC outing in Japan in November as he stands on the cusp of domestic title success.

Japan's industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday became the first member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine for war dead in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported.

Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on the main island of Honshu as it heads northward toward the capital, Tokyo

ANAHEIM, Calif. —The day before last month’s All-Star Game, Shohei Ohtani said he wanted to play in next March’s World Baseball Classic and was under the impression that the Angels would let him. And on Friday, before the team’s 4-0 home loss to the Minnesota Twins, one of Ohtani’s mentors…