Mitsubishi Motors' revived Pajero model posts strong orders
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday it has received about 5,500 pre-orders for its first new Pajero sport utility vehicle in seven
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday it has received about 5,500 pre-orders for its first new Pajero sport utility vehicle in seven
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CHIBA -- A book with photos and illustrations chronicling the growth of Punch, a Japanese macaque at a zoo in eastern Japan who attracted global atten
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A water-spraying drill was held on October 25 in Shirakawa-go, a settlement of traditional A-frame thatched-roof houses in the village of Shirakawa, G
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Legislation to establish a "second capital" to serve as a backup for Tokyo's core functions and decentralize economic activity went i
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet decided Friday to allocate about 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) from the government's reserves to finance a subsidy pr
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KOFU, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji got its first snowcap of the season on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with radar and oth
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese major weekly Sunday Mainichi will suspend publication next April, ending its more than 100-year history, its publisher s
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NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Five people were rescued but one remained missing after a fire broke out on a tugboat off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture o
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TANABE, Wakayama -- A shrine in this western Japan city has unveiled enormous New Year's "ema" votive plaques for 2027 featuring two smiling sheep, sy
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan said Friday that underlying inflation has "generally" reached its 2 percent target, nearly 14 years after the goal
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Suzuki Motor Corp. overtook Honda Motor Co. to rank second among Japanese automakers in global vehicle sales in the April-September
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TOKYO -- An exhibition aiming to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through the history of the former eugenic protect
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MAKUBETSU, Hokkaido -- Researchers are conducting an excavation for fiscal 2026 at a fossil site in the Churui district of this northern Japan town wh
