The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

The 40-year-old won bronze in this year's Worlds after contemplating retirement when her third Olympics ended without a podium finish in 2021, and the chance to row in the Paris Games in 2024 is on her mind

The Saudi-Japanese Investment Forum in Riyadh resulted in the signing of 15 agreements covering technology, artificial intelligence, industry and clean energy. Riyadh and Tokyo announced they plan to move to a qualitative partnership as an essential pillar for joint future-building projects in industrial and digital transformation. The forum stressed the…

Asia’s rising threats have convinced Tokyo to abandon its defense taboos.

Popular actor-singer Masaharu Fukuyama won the award for best actor in a leading role for his performance in "Chinmoku no Parade" ("Silent Parade") at the Hochi Eigasho film award ceremony held at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday.

TOKYO: Japan decided on Thursday to allow nuclear reactors to operate beyond their current limit of 60 years and to replace ageing facilities with new advanced ones, in a major policy change to cut carbon emissions while ensuring energy supplies amid disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry has approved one of the world’s first blood test kits to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease, paving way for a simpler and speedier diagnosis of the brain-wasting ailment for which a blockbuster therapy is finally on the horizon.

Joe Chappell, Daniel Kelly and Kaine Wright are alleged to have posed as a customers to gain entry to the store in 2015.

Sapporo is reconsidering efforts to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with the city's mayor citing scandals linked to the Tokyo Olympics as a reason for the rethink.

In the summer of 2021, Beth Mead was not even deemed to be in the top 18 players in Britain for Team GB’s Tokyo Olympic squad.