Mount Fuji, once a peaceful pilgrimage site, is now witness to millions of visitors every year. The route is now filled with buses, supply trucks, noodle shops and fridge magnets.

Overtourism overruns Mount Fuji in Japan

Prime Minister Modi will meet separately with the leaders of the UK, Japan, Germany, and Italy. On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have more than 15 bilateral meetings with international leaders.

G20 Summit 2023: PM Modi to hold bilateral talks with leaders of UK, Japan, Germany and Italy

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday (September 9), met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi. Reaffirming their commitment to strengthen India-Japan cooperation in connectivity and commerce, both the leaders agreed to bolster people-to-people relations.

G20: PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Japanese PM Kishida, leaders reaffirm commitment to deepen ties

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Delhi for the G20 Summit. The Summit is scheduled to take place from September 9-10.

G20 Summit 2023: Russia-Ukraine war could be discussed

G20 Summit 2023: India all set to host G20 leaders

When he started his tenure (nine years ago) as the Indian Minister for Road Transport and Highways, the country was the 7th largest automobile economy in the world, and at present New Delhi has surpassed Japan to become the third-largest automobile economy in the world, said Nitin Gadkari.

In 9 years, India has become 3rd automobile economy from 7th: Nitin Gadkari

After admitting for the first time that the firm's late founder sexually assaulted aspiring young stars, the head of Japan's largest boyband talent agency resigned. The most influential music entrepreneur in the nation, Johnny Kitagawa, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 87, was accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting children over a period of years but avoided justice because his accusers were afraid he would ruin their careers if they came forward.

Head of Johnny Kitagawa’s J-pop agency resigns over sexual abuse scandal

Japan is poised to make a significant leap in its space endeavors by launching a low-cost lunar mission known as the "Moon Sniper" on Thursday (September 7). The $100-million mission is set to reach the moon by February, following a fuel-efficient trajectory from Earth to lunar orbits.

Japan poised to make giant leap in its space endeavours, to launch 'moon sniper' on Sept 7

Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, clearing a path to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as planned and successfully released the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM). Unfavourable weather led to three postponements in a week last month.

Japan launches 'moon sniper' lunar lander SLIM to space

Japan has finally launched the rocket carrying its lunar lander called the Moon Sniper right after unfavourable weather conditions caused its delay thrice within a week last month. The H2A rocket blasted off this morning carrying the moon sniper from the Tanikashima in southern Japan.

H2-A rocket carrying Japan's Lunar Moon Sniper blasts off

Just two days before the G20 Summit Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 20th ASEAN India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit in Jakarta. Meanwhile, Japan joined the long list of countries to raise objections to a new Chinese map.

ASEAN meet 2023 concludes in Jakarta; Japan joins the chorus to criticise China's new map

Japanese media has reported that the government may ask courts to order the dissolution of the Unification church. This comes in the wake of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Unification Church to be dissolved in Japan?

If you are young and finding it hard to date, you are not alone. The youth in Japan for instance are also struggling to have a dating life or long-term companionship but the story is not what you think. Watch the video to know more.

Japan youth grapples with dating woes; declining trend of marriage worrying parents of single youth

Japan's "militarisation" complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.

Russia's Medvedev: Japan's 'militarisation' complicates Asia-Pacific

Foreigners are increasingly snapping up old and abandoned houses in Japan for incredibly low prices to set up hotels or to rent them out. Thanks to Japan’s graying and declining population, the number of abandoned houses, known as akiya, is increasing rapidly, attracting buyers from overseas who admire Japanese culture and who can’t buy similar properties back home due to high prices and massive inflation.

Every seventh house in Japan is abandoned, now foreigners are buying them

India mauled Japan 35-1 after beating Malaysia 7-5 to enter the semifinals of the men’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifiers here on Thursday. With two wins on the day, India finished second in the Elite pool table with 12 points, and earned a direct qualification for the semifinals.

Hockey: Men’s Asian 5s WC Qualifiers - India thrash Malaysia 7-5, humiliate Japan 35-1 to enter semifinals

Japan this year recorded the country's highest-ever average temperature since the inception of records in 1898, the weather agency on Friday (September 1) said. "Average temperatures in Japan are the highest for summer since 1898," the agency said.

Scorching Summer! Japan records highest average temperature in 125 years

Strikes by workers are extremely uncommon in Japan, the world's 3rd largest economy. So, when workers of a major department store in Tokyo went on strike on Thursday, it not only grabbed national but also international headlines. We are talking about the one-day strike by the workers of a Sogo & Seibu store, who protested the sale of the retail firm to the US Fund Fortress investment group. Some 900 employees at its flagship Tokyo store began striking after talks with management broke down. This was the first strike at a major Japanese department store in the last six decades.

First strike in Japan in 6 decades takes place in Tokyo

Japan on Thursday saw its first strike in decades, as employees of a large department store in Tokyo protested the sale of their company to a US-based investor. At the flagship Seibu shop in the busy Tokyo neighbourhood of Ikebukuro, over 900 employees held a one-day strike protesting the sale of Sogo & Seibu, a division of the Japanese retail behemoth Seven & i, to the Fortress Investment Group.

Japan sees its first strike in decades as workers oppose department store sale  

The advent of technology has become a nuisance for supermarkets in Japan. Soaring cases of shoplifting are being recorded in the country as self-checkout systems installed to plug staff shortages allow customers to walk away with goods without paying any money.

Shoplifting on rise in Japanese supermarkets having self-checkout machines

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, on Thursday (August 31), after his visit to Tokyo's biggest fish market said that he would put together measures in order to support the fishing industry hit by China's ban on Japanese seafood.

Japan PM Kishida vows to put together measures to help fishing industry after China seafood ban

A UK committee has suggested the expansion of AUKUS to include South Korea & Japan. What could this expansion mean for the Quad? Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: UK Committee suggests including Japan & South Korea in the QUAD

Days after effluent from the region's wrecked nuclear facility was discharged into the Pacific, the prime minister of Japan consumed what he described as "safe and delicious" fish from Fukushima. A video of Fumio Kishida eating fish from Fukushima was posted on social media by his office after China prohibited all imports of seafood from its neighbor as a result of the August 24 spill.

Japan: PM Kishida eats Fukushima fish to dispel concerns over water release

Here, we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe: In earlier tests, Pyongyang demonstrated how it would utilise nuclear-capable missiles in a conflict with South Korea or the United States.

Pyongyang simulates 'tactical nuclear strike' on South Korea

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