Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orang utan
At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch, a baby Japanese macaque, and his stuffed orang utan companion.
Takaichi vows growth push, defence reset
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to make Japan "strong and prosperous", while pledging to keep "hitting the growth button" following her party's landslide election win.
Diplomatic spat drives drop in Chinese tourism
Mainland Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 60.7% in January year-on-year, figures showed, in the continued fallout from the countries' diplomatic spat.
Takaichi stays in charge
The nation's lower house has formally reappointed Sanae Takaichi as prime minister 10 days after her historic landslide election victory.
‘Godless’ lake warns of creeping climate change
The priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred.
Hello Kitty designer bows out after 40 years in charge
The flamboyant designer behind Hello Kitty – the cute Japanese character that became a global mega brand – is stepping down after more than four decades in charge of her look.
Yakuza alternative groups scam record US$920mil
THE country's criminal syndicates raked in US$920mil (RM3.6bil) from organised fraud last year, almost double the previous record in 2024, using a sophisticated, cross-border network of scammers, police said.
Time for Takaichi to prove her mettle
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 315 seats in the weekend snap election, giving it a two-thirds majority, official results confirmed yesterday.
Non-stop snowfall claims over 40 lives
Almost three weeks of heavy snowfall has killed 46 people and injured 558 others in Japan, fresh data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency showed yesterday.
Male-centric Cabinet overshadows election win
The number of women in Japan's powerful lower house has fallen after the weekend snap election, results showed yesterday, dealing a blow to already underrepresented women in male-dominated Japanese politics.
