Blue Impulse News Today

Here is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.

For the packed grandstands of rabid racing fans, the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix on Sept. 24 at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture had it all with crashes, thrilling racing and pure spectacle. 

Approximately 62,000 people attended the 44th Friendship Day on Saturday at MCAS Iwakuni, a base spokesman said.

Here is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.

People watch the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team fly over Miyako island in Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday, marking the 50th anniversary of an ASDF base on the island.

Spectators look at planes used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team during an aviation festival at the ASDF base in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Higashimatsushima on Sunday, following a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TOKYO -- Japans Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) announced Nov. 19 it is planning to compensate owners for damage to their cars sustained in August when

The 44-hectare village in Harumi has opened a week before the start of the Paralympic Games as the first delegations arrive in Japan.

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 1964, file photo, Emperor Hirohito, background, reads prepared speech as he formally opened the 47th extraordinary Diet (parliament) in Tokyo. Every Japanese of a certain age has memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Emperor Naurhito, whose grandfather Emperor Hirohito opened the Games, has his own memories. He was a 4 1/2 year-old child at the time and reminisced last week with guests, including American first lady Jill Biden. “I myself have a lasting memory of the clo...

TOKYO (AP) — From Emperor Naruhito on down, every Japanese of a certain age remembers the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Even younger Japanese connect through parents or aunts and uncles who stored old photos, told stories or recalled getting a television set for the first time to watch the Games. These were the first Olympics broadcast live using satellites and the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern. There are recollections of new bullet trains, urban expr...