Payment System Trouble Hits Some 7-Eleven Stores Across Japan

September 16, 2026 121

GO, Waymo and Nihon Kotsu Target Japan’s First Fully Driverless Taxi Service in Tokyo by 2027

September 15, 2026 85

Yamanashi Plans Paid Fuji Rescue Helicopter Operations to Deter Off-Season Climbs

September 14, 2026 80

Japan Strengthens Off-Season Mount Fuji Controls as Paid Rescue Debate Gains Momentum

September 14, 2026 93

Silver Week Rail Reservations Surge as Shinkansen Demand Doubles and Kintetsu Adds Overnight “Hinotori”

September 13, 2026 98

JR Kyushu Expands Tap-to-Ride Credit Card Service to 92 Stations Across Fukuoka

September 9, 2026 98

Linear Rainband Triggers Major Rail Disruptions Across Aichi and Gifu

September 8, 2026 110

At 88, Japanese Sailing Pioneer Kenichi Horie Announces New Solo Pacific Crossing Attempt

September 8, 2026 194

Heavy Rain Prompts Highest-Level Safety Alert in Tokyo Area as Evacuation Orders Reach 400,000

September 7, 2026 141

Japan Weather Alert: Heavy Rain Threatens Kanto, Tokai and Pacific Tohoku on Monday

September 6, 2026 125

Nepal Landslides and Floods: 734 Dead, 2,498 Missing; Five Japanese Unaccounted For as Cross-Border Search Intensifies

August 31, 2026 122

Japan Quake Panel Links Kumamoto’s Shindo 7 Shaking to Hinagu Fault Zone, Adjacent to 2016 Rupture

July 30, 2026 175

Middle East Regime Change Remains a Graveyard for U.S. Policy—Trump’s Rhetoric Returns, and Why Japan Cares

March 3, 2026 277