The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Forty years since the British Sumo Association was founded, the ancient Japanese sport is finding new enthusiasts in the UK. Could it become gigantic, asks Kyle MacNeill

Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench — seven kilometres below sea level — lie hidden clues about some of the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis on Earth.

Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35C or above, the weather office said Wednesday, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June and July.

An elderly Chinese war veteran's shin still bears the mark of a bullet wound he suffered when fighting the Japanese as a teenager, a year before the end of World War II. Eighty years on, Li Jinshui's scar remains as testimony to the bravery of Chinese troops in a conflict…

Christian Pulisic is back in the squad after missing out on the summer Gold Cup tournament.

In the 2025 global gender gap index (GGGI), Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries – still the lowest among the G7 nations and among the poorest performers globally. This is largely because of limited political participation by women. The current cabinet of prime minister Ishiba Shigeru says it all.…

Kitamura Camera's latest sales rankings show Sony sweeping the charts – Canon is nowhere to be found, Nikon and Fujifilm hold on

Suspected human bones have been recovered at mine in Japan where about 180 mostly Korean forced laborers died in an accident in 1942

Japan's first entirely homegrown quantum computer uses superconducting qubits and components made entirely domestically.