Friday marks 25 years since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
Members of the cult released the toxic nerve agent inside morning rush-hour commuter trains on three lines in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995. Fourteen people were killed and about 6,300 others injured.
Friday marks 25 years since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Many of the survivors and their families are still suffering.
Members of the cult released the toxic nerve agent inside morning rush-hour trains on three lines in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995. Fourteen people died and about 6,300 others were injured.
The Olympic flame has been handed over to Tokyo at a ceremony in Athens. The flame will leave for Japan on a special flight on Thursday.
The event was held at the ancient Panathenaic Stadium in Athens around noon on Thursday.
Japan's Defense Ministry plans to open a wartime underground bunker in Tokyo to the public.
The bunker was built by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army during World War Two to prepare for air raids. It is located on what is now the ministry premises in the Tokyo district of Ichigaya.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has declared the start of cherry blossom season in Tokyo.
Agency officials confirmed on Saturday afternoon that at least five blossoms had opened on the benchmark tree of the Somei-yoshino variety at Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo.
Japan's government plans to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as planned, amid concerns over the global spread of the new coronavirus.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that it might be prudent to delay the games for one year. His remarks came after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic.
Tokyo Jihen have revealed the track list for their new CD "News", which will drop on April 8.
The CD will contain five songs with one song composed by each member. As previously reported, "Erabarezaru Kokumin" was released digitally on New Year's Day, and "Eien no Fuzai Shomei" was been picked up as the theme song for the movie 'Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan' (premieres April 17).
Japanese badminton star Kento Momota says he aims to win gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games. He held his first news conference following a car accident in Malaysia.
Momota suffered extensive bruising all over his body when a car carrying him and others rear-ended a truck while heading to Kuala Lumpur's international airport in January.
The Tokyo metropolitan government says next week's memorial ceremony for the victims of US air raids in World War Two has been canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak.
This is the first time the annual ceremony has been canceled since it started in 1991. About 100,000 people were killed in the predawn attack by US B-29 bombers on March 10, 1945.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has stressed that the Tokyo summer Games will go ahead as planned. His comment comes amid concerns about the new coronavirus.
Bach spoke at a news conference on Wednesday after a two-day executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rare color footage of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics has been discovered at the home of a former hospital worker.
The video runs 26 minutes and 40 seconds and begins with the athletes' parade. This is followed by footage of wheelchair basketball and swimming and athletes competing in events we no longer see today.
Tokyo Jihen's new song "Eien no Fuzai Shomei" has been picked up as the theme song for the movie 'Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan' (premieres April 17).
This song can be found in Tokyo Jihen's upcoming CD "News" to be released on April 8. It will also be available digitally on February 29.
Amid growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, some religious facilities in Tokyo are now halting their public services.
A mosque located in the Akihabara district has decided to suspend its Friday prayers until next week.
More than a third of the calls by cruise ships at Tokyo Port scheduled for this March to December have been canceled amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Japan.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says shipping companies have cancelled 13 of 36 such calls.