Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes off mountainous Nagano in Japan, NHK saysAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck mountainous Nagano prefecture in central Japan on Saturday. The quake hit Omachi in ...
18 Apr, 2026, 10.38 AM IST
Power outage halts Tokyo commuter train lines, disrupting thousandsA railway power outage in Tokyo caused widespread morning commute disruptions on Friday. Two major lines, the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku, w...
16 Jan, 2026, 06.25 AM IST
At least 14 injured in stabbing and liquid spray attack in Japan, officials sayA shocking incident unfolded in Mishima, Japan, where fourteen individuals sustained injuries during a stabbing and liquid spray attack at ...
26 Dec, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
Four arrested over obscene AI images in Japan first: ReportsIn a first-of-its-kind crackdown, Japanese police have arrested four individuals for allegedly selling AI-generated obscene images. The sus...
15 Apr, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
Japan election results 2024: PM Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition set to lose majority, claims reportJapan election results 2024 have shown Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition is losing majority, according to reports.
27 Oct, 2024, 10.12 PM IST
Sri Lanka says it will not ban any foreign research ships from its ports from next yearWith the increased movement of Chinese research vessels in the Indian Ocean, New Delhi had expressed concern that those might be spy ships ...
07 Jul, 2024, 02.17 PM IST
Japan PM pledges to boost defence, diplomatic capabilities to preserve peace, NHK saysJapan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio vows to bolster defense and diplomacy to ensure peace amidst escalating military activities around the...
23 Mar, 2024, 01.57 PM IST
Japan Airlines plane on fire on runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport: TV imagesA Japan Airlines (JAL) plane caught fire at Tokyo's Haneda airport after landing and reportedly colliding with another aircraft. All approx...
02 Jan, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
Visitors at Japan Disneyland take cover as Earthquake Early Warning system goes offLife preserving measures are especially important in Japan as it is one of the world’s most seismically active countries. The warning which...
28 May, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, passes away in Japan at 119Tanaka was born in the year of the Wright Brothers's first controlled flight of their airplane.
25 Apr, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
Japan: Fumio Kishida's coalition to stay in control, LDP weakened, say exit pollsThe LDP-Komeito coalition was projected to win 239 to 288 seats in the lower house, more than the 233 needed for a majority, NHK said. The ...
31 Oct, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tokyo, causing blackouts but no tsunami warningNHK said four people sustained injuries in Chiba and showed a two-storey building in neighbouring Saitama prefecture on fire. Private broad...
07 Oct, 2021, 08.49 PM IST
G20 approves global corporate tax rate of at least 15 per centThe G20 finance chiefs wrapped up two days of talks in the Italian city of Venice on Saturday with the adoption of a joint communique, repo...
11 Jul, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
Peru's COVID-19 death rate found to be worlds' worst after revised dataThe Peruvian Government has more than doubled the country's coronavirus death toll. The government updated the figure from 69,342 to 180,76...
02 Jun, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Japan PM Yoshihide Suga's rating falls to 55% in second poll since took officeThe result comes amid a controversy over Suga's rejection of six scholars for membership in a science advisory body set up after World War ...
12 Oct, 2020, 06.56 PM IST
At least 19 missing, 120 injured as powerful quake hits Japan's HokkaidoEfforts to restore power to 2.95 million households were underway but it was not clear when supplies would be restored, a company spokesman...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.27 AM IST
Scientists trigger artificial quake on Japanese mountainMount Zao is a 1,841-metres high complex volcano on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan.
22 Oct, 2015, 05.48 PM IST