JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan coach Nils Nielsen hailed the character of his "inspirational" side after they withstood a sustained Australian barrage to win the Women's Asian Cup, with the Greenlander calling the title well-deserved.
His talented team proved untouchable in reaching Saturday's final, but we...

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NIPPON
 
East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has taken the lead in launching a training program aimed at nurturing about 100 foreign workers annually under Japan's specified skilled worker program amid severe labor shortages in railway maintenance.
The trained workers are expected to find jobs at...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Tehran is prepared to allow Japanese-related ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which 93% of Japan’s imported crude oil flows, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said in an interview.
Discussions with Japan on the matter have already begun, ac...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president this week seemed to complain that Japan was among the nations that did not join his call to help protect the Strait of Hormuz.
Takaichi, who met with Tr...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
 
Heisuke Hironaka, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University and a former Yamaguchi University president who won the Fields Medal in 1970, died on Wednesday. He was 94.
The Fields Medal is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for math.
Hironaka also nurtured younger generations and w...

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NIPPON
 
The number of stalking cases handled by police in Japan in 2025 hit the highest level since the antistalking law took effect in 2000, National Police Agency data showed Thursday.
The figure rose by 205 from the previous year to 1,546. Other violations linked to stalking, such as illegal ...

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CNA
 
Both countries will enhance cooperation in trade, digitalisation and technology, defence, green transition and energy, as well as other people exchanges.
Singapore and Japan announced on Wednesday (Mar 18) the upgrading of bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership, with expanded cooperation...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and three other academic societies in the country have proposed new guidelines for determining when to end life-sustaining treatment for patients, inviting public comments until March 27.
The current guidelines, established in 2014 by the ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's national team secured qualification for the Women's Basketball World Cup in Germany for the fifth straight tournament with an 83-39 win over Argentina on Tuesday.
At a qualifying tournament in Istanbul, Japan finished fourth in the six-team pool with a 2-3 record but advanced...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A panel of experts established by the Foreign Ministry launched discussions on Monday on how better the country's overseas development assistance (ODA) should be provided to meet its strategic needs.
The panel of 10 specialists on areas including development policy will discuss ways...

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