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Japan news coverage
NewsMesh aggregates Japan-relevant coverage across every major beat, from politics and business to technology and sport, normalised into one structured feed.
Pull Japan news into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?country=jp). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&country=jp&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
Guides
Frequently asked questions about Japan news
What sources does NewsMesh cover for Japan?
NewsMesh aggregates Japan-relevant reporting from national wires, broadcasters, and major papers, normalised into one structured feed with consistent fields across every source.
Which API endpoint returns Japan news?
Call GET /v1/latest?country=jp. Add &category= to narrow to a single beat, &from= and &to= for a date range, or use /v1/search?q= for keyword queries.
Can I filter Japan news by category?
Yes. Append &category=politics (or business, sports, technology, health, and more) to /v1/latest?country=jp, or browse the Japan category pages linked above.
Is Japan news available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: Japan stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the Japan news feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more Japan articles?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.