Japanese Crude Supertanker Attempts Hormuz Exit in War First

A laden Japan-linked supertanker appears to be sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, in what may be the first attempt by an ...
New Atlas

10-cm Japanese origami CubeSat unfolds to 25X its folded size

On April 23rd, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched several satellites into low-Earth orbit including a ...

Why you may see Japanese soccer fans cleaning up the stadium after World Cup games

TOKYO (AP) — If there's one country guaranteed to clean up at the World Cup, it's Japan. Literally. Scenes of Japanese soccer ...
Travel and Tannins on MSN

The Japanese village where life-sized dolls outnumber human residents 12 to 1 — and the woman behind all 350 of them

Nagoro, in Japan’s Iya Valley, has fewer than 30 human residents and more than ...

Major 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, prompting tsunami alerts

A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, measured at a magnitude of 7.7 by the Japan Meteorological ...
Forbes

Konbini: Why Are People So Obsessed With Japanese Convenience Stores？

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit another record high in 2025, ...
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Japanese tanker freed after Iran negotiations

Following the military conflict in Iran, the large oil tanker *Idemitsu Maru* of Japanese refining giant Idemitsu Kosan, ...

Yakusho Koji on 'Perfect Days,' 'Shall We Dance?' and Japanese Cinema

When Nakadai Tatsuya, one of Japan’s most celebrated actors, decided that his young student’s surname was too dull for the ...