JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded more than 217 million yen in compensation, an official said Tuesday.
The payout represents 12,500 yen for each day of the more than four decades that Iwao Hakamata spent ...

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NHK
 
Japanese government authorities have barred the country's largest shipbuilder from accepting foreign technical trainees for the next five years due to alleged negligence in safety management and other conditions.
The Immigration Services Agency and labor ministry made the claims against Ima...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Janja, at a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
This marked the first welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace for state guests since a trip to Japa...

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AP NEWS
 
The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The church said it was considering an immediate appeal of the Tokyo District Court’s revocati...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan on Monday launched a new command for the Self-Defense Forces to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses, in a major revamp aimed at ensuring smoother coordination with the U.S. military at a time when tensions are heightened over potential contingencies involving...

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CNA
 
Japan and China became embroiled in a new spat on Monday (Mar 24) with Tokyo accusing Beijing of misrepresenting its position after high-level weekend talks also involving South Korea.
The discussions in Tokyo were billed as a chance to improve historically frosty relations against a backdr...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
In response to the issue of medical institutions having to give up on accepting organs from braindead patients for transplants due to understaffing and lack of hospital beds, the University of Tokyo Hospital, which performs the highest number of transplant surgeries in Japan, plans t...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The land ministry has selected 26 model projects nationwide to promote a "dual habitation" lifestyle in which people divide their time between rural and urban areas, informed sources said.
Local governments and private companies will work together to support the projects, including ...

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SORA NEWS
 
After nearly a half-century run, skirts to no longer be part of uniforms.
Though Japan celebrates the start of the new year in January, it’s really spring that’s the time for new beginnings in the country. Spring is when the school year begins, when most companies start their fiscal y...

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NHK
 
A government-appointed panel in Japan has come up with measures on what to do if Mount Fuji erupts on a massive scale and spews large amounts of ash. Japan's highest peak last erupted more than 300 years ago.
The panel of volcanologists and disaster-preparedness experts released their repor...

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