1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (135+ words) South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Saturday that North Korea has fired ballistic missiles several times toward the Sea of Japan from the country's east coast. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Saturday that North Korea…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (270+ words) A large-scale solar power plant has been completed at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine with financial support from the Japanese government. The new facility is meant to ensure a stable power supply at the Chornobyl plant, which…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (266+ words) A winery and pear farmers in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, are collaborating to produce alcoholic beverages using substandard pears. The initiative was launched five years ago by a group of pear farmers in Takasaki City and a winery in…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (112+ words) The operator of a South Korean app giving access to cosmetic clinics says a data breach has leaked personal information on about 220 thousand users. The leak from the popular Gangnam Unni app includes user names, email addresses, registered pictures and…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (218+ words) South Korea's Samsung Electronics has opened a new semiconductor hub near Tokyo. The facility will be dedicated to joint research and development on advanced chips with Japanese companies. A ceremony was held on Tuesday to mark the site's full launch…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (201+ words) South Korea's defense ministry says it has dispatched an investigation team to the Middle East to assess the situation surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. This comes as local media report that Seoul is preparing to send troops following calls from…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (148+ words) North Korea's defense minister has denounced a joint exercise that Japan, the United States and South Korea kicked off in the East China Sea on Monday. The Freedom Edge exercise involves vessels including Aegis-equipped ships, as well as fighter jets…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (180+ words) Shipments of a variety of persimmon that ripens early in autumn began in central Japan on Monday. Ono Town is home to more than 300 persimmon growers and a major production site of the fruit in Gifu Prefecture. The town was…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (241+ words) Japan, the United States and South Korea have kicked off a joint exercise in the East China Sea. The fourth iteration of Freedom Edge started on Monday, involving Aegis-equipped vessels, as well as fighter jets and patrol aircraft. On the…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (230+ words) The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning for landslides for Tokyo's Niijima Village as of 4:15 a.m. on Monday. It's the highest level of alert on the agency's scale of 1 to 5. Russia has erected a monument commemorating the former Soviet…...