.... It is the first time that talks between Ambassador Takashi Okada and Taliban officials in Kabul have

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the entrance of a stadium as people wait to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov.... 15, the day the Taliban took effective control of the country as the United States prepared to withdraw its forces.... Japan evacuated its embassy staff from Afghanistan and moved diplomatic operations to the Qatari capital Doha....

Shinya Tsukada, head of the Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observation division, is seen giving a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct.... 7 earthquake that measured an upper 5 on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale in parts of Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture, and warned people to be vigilant for an earthquake of a similar scale in the next week or so.... 7 is unlikely to be connected to a major earthquake directly below Tokyo that the government envisages

17, 2021, in Tokyo shows a sign of Shinsei Bank.... Skeptical of the expected synergies and merits, Shinsei had objected to SBI's unsolicited tender offer to raise its stake from around 20 percent to a maximum of 48 percent, offering 2, 000 yen($ 17) per share.... Shinsei's last-minute change came as the launch of the defense looked increasingly difficult without support from the Japanese government, one of its major shareholders, which injected 370 billion yen in public funds after its predec

Hiromi Ito allows two runs over six innings to earn his fifth victory for the Nippon Ham Fighters in their 5-2 Pacific League win over the Orix Buffaloes at Kyocera Dome Osaka on June 24, 2021.... Kensuke Kondo doubled with two outs in the first at Kyocera Dome Osaka and scored on Wang's single.... With the Fighters' leading 2-0 in the third, Wang doubled with two outs to make it 3-0 against Buffaloes starter Hirotoshi Masui( 2-5), a former Fighter....

TOKYO--The Japanese government is rushing to expand solar power generation to drastically cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, but the plants already in operation are aging.... About 18, 000 solar panels blanket a vast field in the town of Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, about 5 kilometers southeast of Narita Airport.... If not cleaned up, the stuff will accumulate and cause hot spots," said Masafumi Oshiro, general manager of the investment management department of SBS Asset Management Co

Rookie Ryoto Kita of the Orix Buffaloes hits a home run in the team's Pacific League game against the Nippon Ham Fighters at Windhill East Hokkaido Stadium on July 13, 2021.... The outfielder, the Buffaloes' third draft pick last year, pulled an inside breaking ball from Takahide Ikeda( 3-9) over the right-field fence at Windhill East Hokkaido Stadium in Kushiro, a two-run shot capping off a five-run first inning for the visitors.... Kita singled to left and stole a base in the third and also

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the development of small modular nuclear reactors.... Q: What kind of reactors are they?... A: They are defined as having power output under 300, 000 kilowatts....

COVID-19 mass vaccination is carried out for youths aged between 12 to 18 at the city hall in Ayase in Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug.... Since some parents in Japan are wary of possible side effects and fear potential long-term health effects of the vaccines, meticulous and committed support by authorities and health experts is seen as key to promoting the inoculation of pediatric populations.... Some side effects of the vaccines include tiredness, fever and nausea, according to the CDC....

Masami Hasegawa was just an undergraduate student when he first visited the Izu Islands of Japan in 1977.... Hasegawa caught lizards all over the Izu Islands and then measured their body temperatures with a cloacal probe.“ At the time, I don’t have any specific purpose or objective, ” he said.... Hasegawa, now a professor of biology at Toho University, and his colleagues published evidence that explains the cause of this quirk: Where the lizards fear snakes, their body temperatures were on ave