Noribahttps://noribanews.com/Japan news in EnglishenThu, 22 Oct 2026 20:05:00 +0900Giants take Yokohama High ace Shoki Oda as the draft's first round settleshttps://noribanews.com/stops/s03-giants-take-yokohama-high-ace-shoki-oda.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/s03-giants-take-yokohama-high-ace-shoki-oda.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0900SportNippon-Ham won the rights to Yamanashi Gakuin's Komoda, a pitcher who wants to keep hitting as a professional.DeNA and SoftBank meet in the Japan Series from Saturday, a rematch of 2024https://noribanews.com/stops/s02-dena-and-softbank-meet-in-the-japan.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/s02-dena-and-softbank-meet-in-the-japan.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0900SportThird-placed Yokohama swept league champions Hanshin to get here. Tickets went on general sale at noon on Thursday.Kyoto's Jidai Matsuri goes ahead, with 2,000 people walking through a thousand years of costumehttps://noribanews.com/stops/h03-kyoto-s-jidai-matsuri-goes-ahead-with.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/h03-kyoto-s-jidai-matsuri-goes-ahead-with.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2026 09:10:00 +0900HeritageHeian Shrine confirmed early on Thursday that the procession would leave the Imperial Palace at noon as planned.Hida's Furukawa Matsuri named a Japan Night View Heritage sitehttps://noribanews.com/stops/t02-hida-s-furukawa-matsuri-named-a-japan.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/t02-hida-s-furukawa-matsuri-named-a-japan.htmlWed, 21 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0900Seasons and TravelThe spring festival, already on UNESCO's intangible heritage list, was one of 14 places chosen from 171 applications.Tokyo International Film Festival opens Monday with Sukiyaki, the story behind Japan's Billboard No. 1https://noribanews.com/stops/f02-tokyo-international-film-festival-opens-monday-with.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/f02-tokyo-international-film-festival-opens-monday-with.htmlWed, 21 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0900ScreenGodzilla Minus Zero is the centrepiece of the 39th edition, which shows more than 200 films around Hibiya and Ginza.Japan's men win the world team gymnastics title again and a place at Los Angeles 2028https://noribanews.com/stops/s01-japan-s-men-win-the-world-team.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/s01-japan-s-men-win-the-world-team.htmlWed, 21 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0900SportDaiki Hashimoto closed the final on the high bar as Japan won by 1.599 points in Rotterdam.Japan's MMX probe is on its way to the moons of Mars after a clean H3 launchhttps://noribanews.com/stops/r02-japan-s-mmx-probe-is-on-its.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/r02-japan-s-mmx-probe-is-on-its.htmlTue, 20 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0900ScienceThe spacecraft aims to land on Phobos and bring the first sample from the Mars system back to Earth in 2031.Chiikawa's first film passes ¥18.1 billion, the year's biggest release in Japanhttps://noribanews.com/stops/f01-chiikawa-s-first-film-passes-18-1.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/f01-chiikawa-s-first-film-passes-18-1.htmlMon, 19 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0900ScreenTwelve million people have seen it in 87 days. A seventh gift for moviegoers, drawn by creator Nagano, arrives on 24 October.Shuri Castle's rebuilt main hall finished, with five weeks to go before it reopenshttps://noribanews.com/stops/h02-shuri-castle-s-rebuilt-main-hall-finished.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/h02-shuri-castle-s-rebuilt-main-hall-finished.htmlSun, 18 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0900HeritageConstruction ended on 30 September. The public can go inside the Seiden from 23 November, seven years after the fire.Edo-Tokyo Museum welcomes its millionth visitor, six months after reopeninghttps://noribanews.com/stops/h01-edo-tokyo-museum-welcomes-its-millionth-visitor.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/h01-edo-tokyo-museum-welcomes-its-millionth-visitor.htmlThu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0900HeritageIt is the first time the museum has passed a million visitors in a year since 2006.Warm autumn pushes Japan's red leaves later this year, forecasters sayhttps://noribanews.com/stops/t01-warm-autumn-pushes-japan-s-red-leaves.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/t01-warm-autumn-pushes-japan-s-red-leaves.htmlFri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0900Seasons and TravelWeathernews expects most famous spots to peak from late October, with Kyoto's Arashiyama from late November or later.Kenso Soai shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a reaction that copies itselfhttps://noribanews.com/stops/r01-kenso-soai-shares-the-nobel-prize-in.htmlhttps://noribanews.com/stops/r01-kenso-soai-shares-the-nobel-prize-in.htmlThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900ScienceThe Tokyo University of Science chemist is honoured with France's Henri Kagan for work on the 'handedness' of molecules.