Japan searches for two missing crew members after training jet crash

May 15 (UPI) -- The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force agency continued its search Thursday for two crew members and their plane that crashed Wednesday somewhere in the country's Aichi Prefecture. The T-4 training aircraft involved had reportedly only …

Honda Airways becomes Authorized Sales Representative for Honda Aircraft Company in Japan

GREENSBORO, N.C., May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Honda Aircraft Company announced that, beginning in April 2025, Honda Airways will serve as its Authorized Sales Representative (ASR) in Japan. Pursuant to this change, parties interested in the …

Japan eyes doubling stockpiled rice release, easing bidding conditions

TOKYO, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government plans to roughly double the supply of stockpiled rice to about 600,000 tons and relax bidding conditions for the purchase of its reserve rice, as rice prices remain at near record highs, local media …

Defense force trainer jet with 2 crew crashes in central Japan lake

Memorial honors aborted babies at site of Japan rest home for WWII returnees

Attendees including people connected to the Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital place their hands together in prayer during the "mizuko kuyo" memorial ceremony for the souls of aborted fetuses, at the Musashien nursing home, on the grounds of the …

Japan’s electric car battery bet is running out of juice

Japan drives Dentsu’s modest Q1 growth, APAC and global markets stumble

Dentsu Group’s earnings for the first quarter of 2025 reflect modest overall growth, driven primarily by strong performance in Japan, while all other regions reported negative organic growth.   The company posted a slight positive organic growth of 0.2%,   …

3 Major Japan banks' net profit hits record high for 2nd year

For the year that ended this March, the combined net profit of the three megabanks plus two other banking groups--Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. and Resona Holdings Inc.--surged 30.5 % to 4,397.3 billion yen. All five banking groups projected rises in …

Japan rubber futures snap 10-day winning streak on trade uncertainty, supply outlook

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures snapped a 10-day winning streak on Thursday, as market uncertainty surrounding China-U.S. trade relations weighed on sentiment, while seasonal supply prospects also pressured prices. The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber …

Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan

There is little argument that the spread of baseball in Japan began with Horace Wilson, a native of Gorham, Maine, who fought in the U.S. Civil War and later moved to Tokyo as a foreign teacher hired by the Meiji government. The question of when the game …