Tokyo Game Show 2025 to be held on Sept. 25-28: Four-day annual event embodying the spirit of gaming!

Tokyo Game Show 2025 (Illustration by TGS / Illustration courtesy of Japan Travel) Venue: Makuhari Messe When: Sep 25th - Sep 28th 2025 Japan is home to some of the biggest names in the gaming industry, so what better place is there to host one of...

Tokyo Electron to set up office in Dholera and Assam to aid semicon projects

Tokyo Electron, which makes equipment for semiconductor production, is looking to set up offices at Dholera in Gujarat and in Assam to support Tata Electronics' upcoming fab and assembly and test units, a senior executive at the Japanese company...

Japan's service sector growth moderates in August, PMI shows

TOKYO :Japan's service sector growth moderated in August, with domestic demand remaining robust even as companies cut staffing levels for the first time in nearly two years, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday. The S&P Global final Japan...

Tokyo stocks drop on Wall St. falls, Japan political uncertainty

This May 7, 2020 file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks dropped Wednesday morning, weighed down by an overnight fall on Wall Street and political uncertainty in Japan over a possible leadership change...

Japan’s FM visits Kuwait to boost Japan-GCC ties

KUWAIT: Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya paid his first official visit to Kuwait to attend the Japan-GCC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, marking a new chapter in Tokyo’s engagement with the Gulf region. The meeting, hosted by Kuwait as the...

Japan Post Minivehicles to Be Halted over Improper Roll Calls

The Yomiuri Shimbun A Japan Post mailbox Jiji Press 11:56 JST, September 3, 2025 Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s transport ministry is set to notify Japan Post Co. as early as Wednesday of a plan to suspend minivehicle operations at post...

Tokyo Bound! Laura Nicholson Set to Compete in 2025 World Athletics Championships

TOLEDO, Ohio – Former Rocket great Laura Nicholson will represent Team Ireland in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Sept. 13-21. Nicholson is the first female Rocket to compete in the World Athletics Championships....

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines plans to enter rail logistics operations in India

NEW DELHI: Tokyo-headquartered Mitsui O.S.K. Lines or MOL is planning to foray into rail logistics operations in India which could include a joint venture partnership with a local company in an effort to diversify and offer services beyond its...

Tokyo lends hand to local institutional investors to boost competition

Markets FinCity partnership pushes for more asset managers to go independent FinCity.Tokyo's Emerging Managers Program helps establish independent asset management companies and bring in investment capital. (Source photos by Seiko Ota and Getty...

Japan unveils world's first commercial ammonia-powered ship engine

A moored container ship at a quay (Image source: Bruno Hervas via Unsplash) Japan Engine Corporation has announced the successful testing and certification of the world's first fully-functional, full-scale commercial engine that runs on ammonia....

Japan Prosecutors Urged to Deem Girl Born after Accident as Victim

Newsfrom Japan Society Sep 3, 2025 12:12 (JST) Ichinomiya, Aichi Pref., Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)--The bereaved family of a pregnant woman who died after being struck by a vehicle in central Japan has urged prosecutors to recognize her daughter, born...

Japan, US look to spring surprises at FIVB championship

(UPDATE) DON’T expect a walk in the park for Italy, Poland, France and Brazil. While they’re tagged as heavy favorites — Poland is World No. 1, Italy is the defending FIVB Men’s World Champion, Brazil is World No. 3 followed by Olympic gold...

Japan rubber futures rebound on supply concerns

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures rose on Tuesday, buoyed by supply concerns amid heavy rain in top producing regions and a potential boost in demand from automobile manufacturers. The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for February delivery...

Japan's Medipal and JCR Pharma to co-develop novel therapy for rare lysosomal storage disorder

Japan's Medipal and JCR Pharma to co-develop novel therapy for rare lysosomal storage disorder September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News JR-479 is a novel drug candidate developed with JCR’s proprietary J-Brain Cargo platform image credit- shutterstock...

japan’s first circular timber soccer stadium to be built in fukushima

vuild unveils mass-Timber Stadium Concept Fukushima United FC announces plans for a new timber stadium in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, designed in collaboration with architecture startup VUILD. Developed as a 5,000-seat venue, the project...

Japan's Ishiba vows to stay on, but fails to quell dissent in own party

TOKYO -- The political fate of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his government will be determined in less than a week, when his ruling Liberal Democratic Party decides whether to hold an early leadership contest after its drubbing in...

Japan asset managers offer Europe stock funds to investors wary of US

Equities Nissay, Rakuten tap growing interest in region that is home to ASML, Novartis New European-stock funds from Japanese asset managers cover such names as chipmaking equipment company ASML and software developer SAP. (Source photos by Nikkei...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party in search of answers

After a delay, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committee tasked with conducting a post-mortem analysis of the party’s poor performance in the July upper house elections delivered its report to a general meeting of LDP lawmakers on Tuesday,...

Tokyo firebombings built the ‘permission structure’ for nuclear war

Japan Mart manager assaulted by teenagers in Lower Hutt

Photo: Googlemaps A Lower Hutt grocery store manager says she's traumatised after being beaten by a group of teenage girls. Her husband David Hoffman said his wife, who is the manager at Japan Mart, took pride in her store, and "loves her job"....