The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

The highest temperatures for the season since record-keeping began have scorched much of eastern Japan for a week, prompting the government to ask citizens to cut power use as much as possible, while running air conditioners to stay safe.

MADRID -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as the first leader of Japan to attend a NATO summit, expressed Tokyo's intention to strengthen cooperation with the alliance on Wednesday.

Japan is sweltering in its worst heatwave since 1875 as the mercury soared to 34C in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Moving images of colorful fish surround a visitor at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa aquarium in Minato Ward, Tokyo. The aquarium's Ryugu Festival features a projection mapping installation, with images beamed onto the walls and floor that react to the movement of visitors. The event officially starts Friday and will run…

Japan braced on Wednesday for its hottest day yet of a record-breaking heatwave, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for a ramp-up of nuclear power use amid fears of a shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners whirring.

Great Britain have named a 64-strong provisional team for this summer’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon, headlined by Olympic silver medalists Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir, and defending world champions Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Dean won two gold medals in Tokyo last summer

The mercury topped 30 C in central Tokyo and other parts of Kanto on Tuesday morning, with soaring summer temperatures arriving earlier than usual in the region.

Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the specter of cuts. The heatwave comes less than two weeks before a national election in which prices,…