M4.0 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Shimane Prefecture

The Japan News 10:28 JST, June 29, 2025 An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.0 hit eastern Shimane Prefecture, at 9:59 a.m. on Sunday. It measured 3 on the seismic intensity scale of 7 in Yasugi in the prefecture and Yonago, Tottori Prefecture …

Japan's final H2A rocket successfully lifts off, ends 24-yr career

Japan successfully launched its 50th and final H2A liquid-fuel rocket from a southwestern Japan island on Sunday, drawing the curtain on the series' 24-year career in support of the country's space development program. The H2A rocket, developed by …

Māori All Blacks beat heat to dominate Japan

Blue Impulse aerobatics team draws visitors to northern Japan city

SENDAI, Japan -- The roar of jet engines has become a new draw in Higashi Matsushima, a coastal city in Miyagi prefecture north of Tokyo that was hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Home to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) aerobatics team, …

Time to wave goodbye to diplomatic reliance on 'Japan hands'

Nancy Snow is a scholar of public diplomacy and strategic communications, focusing on Japan and the Indo-Pacific. She is the author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power," published in Japanese. For too long, Japan's international …

Japan launches climate change satellite on H2A rocket's last flight

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Sunday launched a satellite to monitor greenhouse gas emissions using its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship designed to be more cost competitive in the global space market. The …

Nissin Foods Leverages Data Integration to Revolutionize Its Operations in Japan’s Retail Landscape

Japanese food behemoth Nissin Foods Holdings is stepping up its game by rolling out a sophisticated data integration and analytics platform aimed at harnessing the power of real-time information from its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. This …

MxM Collection To Appear For Big Japan Pro Wrestling Next Week

MxM Collection are continuing their Japanese tour with a match for Big Japan Pro Wrestling next week. The event happens on July 3 at the Ueno Park Amphitheater in Taitō. Their opponents haven’t been named at this time. The first appearance in the country …

Shinkansen train hits bear; services delayed in northeast Japan

A bullet train hit a bear on Saturday afternoon, causing delays to some services on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan, according to JR East. The train, traveling north from Tokyo, came to a halt past Sendai Station at around 4 p.m. after the …

Māori All Blacks beat heat to dominate Japan

The Māori All Blacks opened the Ross Filipo era with an emphatic 53-20 win over the Japan XV in Tokyo, piling on six unanswered tries in a dominant second-half display. Down 17-15 at the break, the visitors surged ahead through lock Laghlan McWhannell …