A suicide note left by Japan’s under-the-table negotiator on the 1972 Okinawa reversion is being exhibited at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives, telling visitors the envoy’s grief over brokering a ...

The Japanese flag is seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 15, 2025. (Mainichi/Kimitaka Takeichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A source within Japan's prime minister's office said Thursday that the country needs ...

The winter is often synonymous with cold and flu season. Unfortunately, those germs aren’t the only ones spreading widely around this time of year. So gird your stomachs and stay on the lookout for ...

When Eisaku Satō, a former prime minister of Japan, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974 after committing his country to not making nuclear bombs, owning them or allowing them on its territory, he ...

Novo Nordisk said on Monday an older oral version of its semaglutide drug failed to meet its main goal in late-stage trials testing whether the medicine can slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s ...

TOKYO - Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) leader Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday called for the country's non-nuclear weapons principles to be upheld, local media ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is mulling over a review of the East Asian nation's long-standing non-nuclear weapons principles, according to a report by the Kyodo News on Friday. While ...

TOKYO – Japan is taking off the gloves as it seeks to become an international arms powerhouse amid a political realignment under new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who has embraced a coalition partner ...

What would your specific safety initiatives look like over the next 4 years? “I will modernize our police department to meet today’s demands and expectations by creating the position of police social ...

Inside Siemens Energy AG’s vast glass and steel assembly hall in central Berlin, engineers are close to completing a 500-ton turbine for a natural-gas power plant. Workers have spent weeks on ...

Japanese engineering and electrical manufacturing giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) plans to double its gas turbine production capacity over the next two years in response to surging demand, ...