1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (309+ words) KESENNUMA, MIYAGI PREF. – Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, on Sunday visited the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit hard by major tsunami after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. They visited the Ruins of the…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (120+ words) The Japan Times Swedish election in dead heat as voters question liberal traditions STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s national election results showed a dead heat early on Monday with a partial count by the election authority pointing to a one-seat majority for the opposition…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (92+ words) The Japan Times Russia hits train on Ukraine’s border with Poland, just missing ‘diplomatic train’ KYIV/MOSCOW – A Russian drone hit a passenger train on Ukraine’s border with NATO member Poland on Sunday, shortly after former British Prime Minister Boris…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (298+ words) BANJARMASIN, Indonesia – At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue 108 people from…...

21+ hour, 59+ min ago   (252+ words) Japan’s Meteorological Agency raised the eruption alert level for Mount Tokachidake in Hokkaido to Level 3 on Saturday morning, banning entry to the 2,077-meter mountain. This is the first time that Level 3 has been issued for the mountain since the alert…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (140+ words) Tokyo has been unable to devise a strong response given Japan’s need for oil and natural gas from Russia as war rages in the Middle East. TOKYO - Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (187+ words) Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a central pillar of research and innovation policy. The challenge now is to harness science, innovation and security without... Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (256+ words) Yasuchika Hasegawa, former president of Takeda Pharmaceutical and former chair of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, died at a Tokyo hospital on July 3. He was 80. Born in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, he joined the major drugmaker in…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (371+ words) Crown Princess Kiko, the wife of Crown Prince Akishino, turned 60 on Friday. “I am grateful to have reached this day, and I hope that I can take on new activities,” Crown Princess Kiko said in written responses to questions from…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (287+ words) Copenhagen – Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has sparked years of protests…...