The Japan Coast Guard rescued divers from a stranded boat off Okinawa's Kerama islands in southwestern Japan.Coast ...

I offer special heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses, who this year, have supported me and other members of my ...

The Small Worlds Miniature Museum is one of the largest miniature exhibition facilities in Asia, with a total area of about 7 ...

This is a photograph of the approximately 0.7 grams of fuel debris first removed in November from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It is rough and reddish-brown in color, with some black and ...

Japan's Cabinet approved on December 27 a record-high 115.54 trillion yen budget plan for fiscal 2025 starting April. As the population ages, social security costs like healthcare and pensions grew to ...

The annual year-end cleaning of the alligator pond at the Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden in Higashi Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture was held on December 26. The pond is home to 100 alligators and ...

S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan: On New Year's Day, there was an earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. It's been almost a year now. I want to make Japan the world's top disaster prevention ...

Sekisui Chemical plans to mass produce perovskite solar cells, a new technology said to hold the key to the expansion of renewable energy. Officials of the major Japanese chemical maker said on ...

○櫻井石川県七尾市にある「のとじま水族館」からお伝えします。私の後ろにある巨大水槽、今は営業中よりも暗い状態ですがこの水族館のシンボルでもあるジンベエザメが光の中でゆうゆうと泳いでいるのが分かります。ここからは、のとじま水族館の飼育員柳 ...

○建築家 坂 茂 さん（６７） 「お久しぶりです わざわざ遠いところ ありがとうございます」 建築家の坂茂さんです。 建築界のノーベル賞と言われる 「プリツカー賞」を受賞するなど 世界で活躍しています。 坂さんは去年、 仮設住宅としては初めてとなる ...