The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced. Setting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians in Japan was 99,763 as of September, the health ministry said on Friday. Of that total, women accounted for an overwhelming 88%.

Seven players scored a try for Japan in an overwhelming 62-24 rout of Tonga on Sunday that advanced the Asian men's rugby side into the Pacific Nations Cup final.Tonga has not beaten Japan since the third-place match of the 2015 Cup.

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 flying from Tokyo to Cebu in the Philippines made an emergency landing Friday after an “indication of potential fire in the cargo hold,” the airline said in a statement.

The move is seen as an attempt to avoid a split within his governing Liberal Democratic Party, which lost its upper house majority in an election in July.

The Philippines, Japan and the US deployed vessels and aircraft during a joint exercise in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by his wife and daughter, have paid their respects to atomic bombing victims in Nagasaki as he wrapped up a tour to some of the worst-hit places in World War II

The United States and Japan begin two weeks of military exercises on Thursday that will deploy a missile system capable of striking the Chinese mainland, a move Beijing has already condemned as threat to regional security and stability.

United Airlines said on Friday that two people had sustained minor injuries after a flight heading from Tokyo to Cebu in the Philippines made an emergency landing over concerns of a potential fire in the cargo hold.

Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life, and 7-Eleven is the country’s dominant chain. They are a place to shop, pay bills and gather during disasters.

The Nikkei's latest surge reflects a combination of global monetary shifts and spillover from the AI boom converging with politics in Tokyo.

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday that recognizing Palestinian statehood would not by itself resolve the conflict,

Officials and business leaders in both countries are questioning commitments their governments made to invest hundreds of billions in American manufacturing.