Twelve people were injured Friday in Gunma Prefecture when their minibus slid 20 meters down a mountain slope while the driver was outside, police said. The bus was carrying a group of middle-aged trekkers who had come to the area to climb Mount Eboshidake. Police ...

IHI Corp. said Friday it will boost steps to ensure product safety after an inspection scandal revealed that jet engines and parts it made had been given improper inspections for a decade. The supplier to aviation giants Boeing Co. and Airbus S.A.S said one of ...

The Finance Ministry said Friday that it will issue two types of coins commemorating the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. The new coins will have denominations of ¥10,000 and ¥500. The ¥10,000 coin will be made of gold and the other mainly of copper. The gold coin ...

Subaru Corp. said Friday its operating profit for the past year has halved after it suffered a string of setbacks including production delays and mounting recalls. Japan's seventh-biggest automaker released its results hours ahead of schedule after it inadvertently uploaded its financial results on its ...

The Diet enacted a legal revision Friday aimed at lowering mobile phone fees and spurring competition in the country's saturated telecoms market. Amid criticism that Japan's carriers charge too much compared with those in other countries, the bill passed by the Upper House to amend ...

Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it expects its group net profit to fall 29.6 percent to ¥200 billion ($1.82 billion) for the current fiscal year, which ends next March, dragged down by sluggish sales in China and hefty investment in the auto battery segment. Group sales ...

The ¥776 billion program makes preschool free for all kids between 3 and 5, and day care free for those 2 and below in low-income households.

Earlier this year, a quiet outbreak of rubella began to sweep Japan. Over 1,300 people — mainly men in their 30s and 40s — have been diagnosed with the virus as of early May. But why should such a specific demographic be falling victim to rubella? From ...

North Korea's two launches of short-range missiles in just five days — part of what it said were military drills designed to bolster the nuclear-armed country's "various long-range strike means" — will heap more pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear talks. The ...

It's time to stop drinking with the boss after work. That's the message of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. banking unit executive Saiko Nanri, who wants to change Japan's long-standing culture of drinks between managers and employees. Companies have long encouraged such parties to give workers ...

A startup company has successfully launched an umbrella-sharing service, mainly in Tokyo, using "internet of things" technology to reduce umbrella waste. Nature Innovation Group, founded by Shoji Marukawa, started the service in December, and it aims for the return of all rented umbrellas. Users of the ...

The foreign executives struck the rare deal between October and November by providing documents related to Nissan’s remuneration allegations, but they can be examined as witnesses, sources said.

As space agencies prepare to return humans to the moon, top engineers are racing to design a machine capable of digging underground colonies for the first lunar inhabitants. "Space is becoming a passion for a lot of people again. There are discussions about going back ...

The internal affairs ministry plans to exclude four municipalities from the revamped furusato nōzei (hometown tax donation) program, which will be introduced in June, it was learned Thursday. The excluded municipalities are Izumisano in the prefecture of Osaka, the town of Oyama in Shizuoka Prefecture, ...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen said on Friday that China has stepped up its efforts to infiltrate and gain influence in Taiwan and she asked national security agencies to counter Beijing's efforts. Tsai, speaking to reporters after a national security meeting, said China's influence operations included ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday that 10 smaller, man-made craters had been found on an asteroid in addition to the larger crater its Hayabusa2 space probe produced last month as part of its mission to gain insight into the origin of life ...

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.3 hit off Kyushu on Friday, injuring a man and disrupting some local transportation networks, authorities said. The 8:48 a.m. quake occurred at a depth of about 20 kilometers under the seabed off Miyazaki Prefecture. It measured a ...

Disaster preparedness is a pressing and common need worldwide, as is the challenge of incorporating the mindset of disaster preparedness into daily life.

The Chiba Lotte Marines bludgeoned Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks starter Shota Takeda on their way to a 9-1 win on Friday. By opening their series against the Pacific League leaders with a third straight win, Lotte improved to 16-16 and moved 3½ games back from the ...

A long Golden Week holiday period had just ended the previous day. Not surprisingly, Tsurigasaki Beach wasn't crowded with spectators on Tuesday, the final day of the inaugural Japan Open of Surfing, which was organized by the Nippon Surfing Association. But when the sport makes ...

Shohei Ohtani picked up his first hit of the season in a 2-for-4 showing at the plate and three Los Angeles Angels pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout of the Detroit Tigers in Thursday's 13-0 victory. Ohtani started in the No. 3 spot as the ...

The Alvark Tokyo and Chiba Jets Funabashi are ready to rumble in their championship game rematch. One day before the B. League Championship final, both teams tuned up for the final time, practicing at Yokohama Arena on Friday. The Alvark (44-16 in the regular season) will ...

World No. 1 Naomi Osaka lost in three sets to unseeded Swiss Belinda Bencic in the Madrid Open quarterfinals on Thursday as Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and Kiki Bertens completed the final four lineup. Osaka, 21, admitted she over-thought about the need to win the ...