Japan

Make your next journey delicious and Instgrammable. Packing for a trip can be a stressful experience, but now it’s something you’ll look forward to, thanks to a new series of travel pouches from Japanese company Pine Create. Cutely called “Tabi Suru Obento” which translates as “Travelling Boxed Lunch“, the new pouches instantly transform the contents of your luggage into a Japanese lunch box, and there are two types of obento to choose from. ▼ The first varie

Char’s invasion of Side 7 looks a little different in this continuity. McDonald’s is the world’s biggest burger chain, so if they’re going to do a collaboration, they’re going to team up with partners at the top of their fields too. Cute character collab? Hello Kitty. Fighting game cross over? Street Fighter. Mecha anime? Yep, Gundam! Specifically, it’s the OG (original Gundam) Mobile Suit Gundam TV anime that McDonald’s Japan is teaming up with, promoting the 35th anniversary of the Chicken T

Cherry blossom petals floating on the surface of a pond that form swirls at a park in Gifu City has become a hot topic among photography enthusiasts on social media.

The Cultural Affairs Agency will provide Japanese text data needed to train Large Language Models (LLM), the fundamental technology of generative artificial intelligence.

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles agreed Wednesday to continue strengthening security cooperation.

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BEIJING — Both Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. sold fewer new vehicles in China in March than they did in the same month last year, the two companies have announced.

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoFormer Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba By Takashi Nakagawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent [posttime] JST, [postdate] SEOUL — Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Wednesday that it is important to continue future-oriented, cooperative relations between the two countries. They held a 90-minute lunch meeting at the Blue …

Crown Princess Kiko, the wife of Crown Prince Akishino, and their second daughter, Princess Kako, appreciated an exhibition by the Yamamura school of ikebana at Nihonbashi Takashimaya department store in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.

LONDON — The leaders of Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and 10 other countries, plus the European Union, expressed support on Wednesday for diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving a “lasting end to the war,” according to a joint statement issued following the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran. With Israel’s continuing attacks in mind, they also called for the ceasefire to be upheld in Lebanon as well.

KAGOSHIMA — A Shidenkai fighter plane of the former Imperial Japanese Navy has been salvaged from the waters where it sank off Kagoshima Prefecture toward the end of World War II.

Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbors in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the…

A 76-year-old woman and her 41-year-old daughter were found dead in their apartment in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, on Wednesday. According to police, a male relative who received…

A 44-year-old man died after he fell about 13 meters to the ground while working on a power transmission tower in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday. The incident…

Japan is considering an additional release of its oil reserves providing 20 days of domestic consumption in May, as uncertainties remain over safe passage through the Strait of…

Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes and sports authorities have a warning for trolls planning to target competitors at this year's Asian Games: You are…

People walk under rows of cherry blossoms in their prime at the Yonomori district in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

A talk event celebrating Jiro Okamoto called “Jiro Matsuri” (Jiro Festival) has reached its 20th edition this year, with me in charge of planning and emceeing.

A large-scale attack on Iran, which the United States had announced, was halted at the last minute. While the world nervously watched the situation unfold, it can be welcomed that the worst-case scenario was averted for now.

Ruling parties are urging the government to make diplomatic efforts to ensure the safe navigation of vessels related to Japan following a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran.