The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Live updates: Russia stops talks with Japan over sanctions

Japan denounced Russia over its decision to discontinue peace treaty talks over the disputed Kuril islands and withdraw from joint economic projects

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Japan turns down the heat and dims the lights to avoid power cut after quake

Japanese turned off neon signs, dimmed their lights and dialled down thermostats on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent call to save energy to avoid blackouts after an earthquake last week caused a serious power shortage.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2022

Meet the Japanese man paid to do nothing

Shoji Morimoto has built a cult following by offering himself as a warm body who can simply be there, liberating his clients from social expectations, write Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julia Mio Inuma

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Japan protests Russian halt to World War Two peace treaty talks

Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril islands because of Japanese sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

Mitsubishi Fuso Unveils Test Vehicles Of Next-Gen eCanter

Mitsubishi Fuso, part of Daimler Trucks, announced the next generation of the Fuso eCanter, Japan’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty truck.

InsideEVs · Mar 21, 2022

Japan PM honors policeman, U.N. volunteer killed in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida laid flowers at memorial monuments in Phnom Penh on Sunday for Atsuhito Nakata, a Japanese volunteer who worked for a U.N. election-monitoring program in Cambodia, and Haruyuki Takata, a police officer who was participating in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 21, 2022

Daizen Maeda OUT of Japan squad as Celtic star to miss vital World Cup double header

The 24-year-old has found his feet in Glasgow and has been pivotal in recent weeks with his work ratecoming to the fore.

Daily Record · Mar 21, 2022

Roos coach faces COVID iso breach claims

The Socceroos' build-up to Thursday's crucial World Cup qualifier against Japan has been shaken amid claims coach Graham Arnold breached COVID-19 isolation.

AAP · Mar 21, 2022

S. Korean slavery victim seeks UN justice as time runs out

Thirty years ago, South Korean Lee Yong-soo went public with her story of adduction, rape and forced prostitution by Japan’s wartime military

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022

Winter wonderland

When visitors look through one side of the windows at Arnek Pasong Building in Chang Chui, they can see a spectacular winter mountain landscape in the small town of Nakanosawa Onsen, in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. Meanwhile, other sides of the building display different scenes of photos taken during the…

Bangkok Post · Mar 20, 2022