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New mask guidelines from the government take effect Monday, three years after face coverings became a universal fashion accessory across the country. → Read More
The Japanese government has asked for confirmation from China and demanded no further such incidents. → Read More
Japanese police arrested a Defense Department civilian on suspicion of drunken driving after he crashed into a fence at an off-base construction site, a police spokesman said. → Read More
A U.S. Marine has met with and apologized to the owner of a vehicle that was stolen and then crashed last month outside this base near Hiroshima, according to a local media report. → Read More
Weather forecasts show average temperatures for the year, meaning the trees will break dormancy about the same time they have blossomed every year. → Read More
New Japanese and U.S. missiles have the potential to overwhelm China’s powerful and rapidly growing navy in a conflict, according to a U.S. security expert. → Read More
Japanese government officials surveyed water treatment facilities at Naval Air Facility Atsugi on Monday, three months after toxic organic compounds were released into a waterway on the base. → Read More
The Marine fled the crash scene without providing first aid or calling authorities, Iwakuni city officials said. → Read More
The Air Force has expressed sympathy for a Japanese high school girl struck by a U.S. airman’s car days before his newly formed drone squadron began operating from her city on Kyushu island. → Read More
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday that came down in seas less than 150 miles from Japanese territory, according to the South Korean and Japanese militaries. → Read More
Tokyo Metropolitan Police, citing a rise in traffic accidents, announced a crackdown on four of the most common cycling violations, according to a statement. → Read More
Multiple North Korean missiles headed toward Japan prompted the country to issue emergency alerts for people in at least three northern prefectures on Thursday morning. → Read More
Diplomats from the US, South Korea and Japan agreed to strengthen their countries’ shared defensive measures in light of North Korea’s missile tests. → Read More
Japan’s early warning system broadcast an unnecessary alert to islands near Tokyo after a North Korean missile launch, the country’s prime minister said. → Read More
Japan will ease border control requirements Oct. 11, removing a maximum daily entry cap, currently set at 50,000 visitors, resuming visa waivers and accepting tourists who are not traveling with a guided group, Kishida said during a news conference in New York, where he was attending the U.N. General Assembly. → Read More
A man found near the U.S. Embassy with a cup of homemade gunpowder was arrested Tuesday by Japanese police on suspicion of violating the country’s Explosives Control Law. → Read More
Two rounds of tests confirmed the presence of toxic organic compounds in wastewater from Yokosuka Naval Base’s treatment facility, according to the city of Yokosuka. → Read More
A Marine is scheduled to be sentenced in a Japanese court for possessing LSD at his on-base home, according to the Naha Public Prosecutor’s Office. → Read More
Japanese search-and-rescue personnel in separate recent instances rescued two U.S. military members in distress while climbing Mount Fuji. → Read More
Japan’s third case of monkeypox has appeared at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. → Read More