The airport remained closed Thursday after Typhoon Jebi caused flooding that damaged the main runway and tarmac, and drove a tanker into the bridge connecting the facility to the mainland.

A tourism promotion body in Osaka began providing free two-day local subway and bus passes on Thursday to foreign visitors unable to return home as scheduled due to the shutdown of Kansai International Airport due to Typhoon Jebi. According to the Osaka Convention & Tourism ...

Live updates from The Japan Times newsroom and social media about the strong earthquake that hit Hokkaido on Sept. 6.

A British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea as it headed toward Vietnam, asserting "freedom of navigation" rights and challenging Beijing's "excessive claims" in the region, two sources said. The HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton amphibious ...

The typhoon that crippled Kansai International Airport and left thousands of passengers stranded at the facility has exposed the vulnerability of airports built offshore, while also highlighting the challenges facing airport operators in delivering the kind of information the public needs during emergencies. Japan's third-busiest ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to "cooperate closely" with the U.S. — even possibly accepting "stronger" denuclearization measures — a top South Korean official said Thursday, amid an apparent rift over progress in U.S.-North Korean nuclear talks. South Korean President Moon Jae-in's ...

The deal lets customers hail cabs using the ride-sharing firm’s app in Nagoya, the nation’s third-most populous city, strengthening its position in one of the world’s largest taxi markets.

Want a piping hot pizza any time you feel like one? So did truck driver Yoshiharu Taniguchi, who craved freshly made Italian pies when he worked long nights. His solution: hunt for a pizza vending machine. He tracked down an Italian company that manufactured them, ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party decided Thursday to convene its leadership race as originally scheduled despite a strong earthquake hitting Hokkaido earlier in the day, its senior lawmaker said. Official campaigning will kick off Friday for the election on Sept. 20 in which ...

Canon Inc. is finally entering the full-frame mirrorless camera market, joining Sony Corp. and Nikon Corp. in a new battleground for professional-grade camera equipment. The electronics giant will begin selling in late October the EOS R for ¥237,500, a price tag targeted at professionals and ...

Hokkaido residents on Thursday recalled being woken by a large, sudden upthrust followed by a long round of shaking just after 3 a.m., and said they were concerned about scores of continuing aftershocks in the region. "It messed up my entire house. I've never experienced ...

The sheer audacity of Russia's chemical-weapon attack on the U.K. can be traced through the journey of a small — and fake — Nina Ricci Premier Jour perfume bottle. It contained Novichok, a lethal Soviet-era nerve agent, and was smuggled from Russia into Britain on ...

An 83-year-old Japanese disc jockey, an elderly flying trapeze artist, the owner of the world's fastest jet-propelled go-kart and a dog named Feather with a flair for jumping are among the record-breaking stars to win a place in the latest edition of Guinness World ...

A nuclear power station in Hokkaido is relying on emergency backup power after a powerful earthquake knocked out electricity on the northern island Thursday, offering a stark reminder of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The three-reactor Tomari nuclear plant, operated by Hokkaido Electric Power Co. and ...

Laboratory tests on respiratory samples from the patients have yet to confirm the illness, but their histories and symptoms — fever, cough and vomiting — indicate influenza, said Dr. Oxiris Barbot, New York City's acting health commissioner. Some passengers in recent days had attended the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general will meet this month to discuss concerns that social media platforms are "intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas," the department said on Wednesday. Its statement did not name Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., whose executives ...

For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes. The statistics ...

Top executives from Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. defended their companies in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday over what lawmakers see as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who testified alongside Twitter Chief Executive ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall almost 30 years ago represented a high-water mark in the retreat of the state from the global economy, signaling a defeat of socialist economics virtually worldwide. From dirigiste France to communist China, countries with widely divergent economic models ...

Excessive market concentration lets companies take a bigger slice of the pie at the expense of workers.

Touring Tokyo is about to get a lot easier. On Dec. 14, floors 4-13 of Hulic Square Tokyo will collectively open as the new flagship location for Hulic's luxury hotel series. Dubbed The Gate Hotel Tokyo by Hulic, the soon-to-open hotel faces one of Ginza's ...

Rookie Kotaro Otake allowed a run over seven innings, and Kenta Imamiya contributed to both of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' runs in a 2-1 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Thursday. Otake (2-0) surrendered seven hits and a walk, but the Marines' only run ...

Flyhalf Richie Mo'unga will start a test for the first time and scrumhalf Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi could make his debut from the bench for New Zealand in Saturday's Rugby Championship game Argentina in Nelson. The 24-year-old Mo'unga has starred in the Super Rugby for the ...