BBC
 
Japan has unveiled a new name for days that reach 40C (104F) or above, after the country experienced its hottest summer on record last year.
The term - kokushobi - has been translated as "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot" day by Japanese and international media.
The name emerge...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
An international team, including four Japanese researchers, has won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for precisely measuring the magnetic moment of muons, tiny subatomic particles.
The announcement was made on Sunday. Among the Japanese award recipients is Akira ...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, on Sunday urged all parties concerned to observe the ceasefire over the fighting between Israel and Lebanon.
In a joint statement released on the day to sum up their talks in Tokyo the day before, ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's Olympic figure skating pairs champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announced their retirement on Friday, saying they were ending their careers with "no regrets".
Miura and Kihara claimed their country's first Olympic pairs medals in dramatic style at the Milan-Cortina Game...

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government plans to have the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, or JAMSTEC, own and operate the successor to the Antarctic research vessel Shirase, officials said Thursday.
The current vessel, slated to retire in 2034, is operated by the Maritime Self-Defe...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Former Japan soccer star Shunsuke Nakamura, 47, will join the coaching staff for Japan’s World Cup team, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
The former Japan’s midfielder will accompany the national team to the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the United States an...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of a deadly earthquake, the more intensive of a pair of back-to-back quakes that hit the region and claimed the lives of over 270 people.
Families and others observed a moment of silence in remembrance o...

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NIPPON
 
The crews of Japan-linked ships stuck in the Persian Gulf are keeping a close eye on U.S.-Iran talks, a Japanese shipping-sector labor union official has said.
"Right now, there's no prospect (of the crews) getting out of the gulf, and they are patiently watching negotiations between the...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s relationship with NATO is moving beyond broad political dialogue into more “concrete” forms of cooperation across key strategic and security areas, Tokyo’s ambassador to the alliance said in an interview Wednesday.
Following last June’s NATO summit at The Hague, bilateral en...

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ANTARA NEWS
 
The Ministry of Health and the Tokushukai Medical Group of Japan have designated the Harapan Kita Heart and Blood Vessel Hospital (RSJPD) in Jakarta as the largest hub for cardiovascular education and research in Asia.
"We have not only exchanged doctors and knowledge but now also a...

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