South Korea, Japan and US set joint drills despite Trump cuts
South Korea said on Friday it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in September, after Washington scaled back annual drills with Seoul in an appa...
World News in Japan
Real-time world news from Japan, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Japan-relevant world coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=world&country=jp), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
Why Filipino migrants are rethinking their futures in Japan
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Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene and welfare concerns
The nation has hundreds of the cafes where campaigners say animals are sometimes kept in cramped spaces.
Grim Discovery Inside Plane After Crew Noticed Foul Smell
NurPhoto / Zahim Mohd, Getty Images Kuala Lumpur International Airport staff were shocked to find a decomposing body inside an aircraft’s landing gear after a mysterious bad sme...
Heavy rain and flooding in north-central Japan strands people and vehicles
Heavy rain and flooding in north-central Japan strands people and vehicles
Heavy rain and flooding in north-central Japan strands people and vehicles
TOKYO (AP) — Torrential rain struck Japan’s north-central prefectures of Ishikawa and Toyama on Thursday, triggering flooding and landslides, closing roads and stranding people ...
Malaysian airport staff find body in wheel well of plane from Japan
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72-year-old man arrested for overstaying 15-day tourist visa by 26 years
Police believe the South Korean national came to Japan using his brother's passport in September 1993 in search of higher-paid work.
Inadequate safety monitoring suspected over fatal train accident
The accident, which saw four workers killed, occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station on Tobu Railway's Nikko Line at around 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 20.
Highest-level warning issued as rains pummel Toyama and Ishikawa
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency rain warnings after rainfall topped 200 millimeters over six hours in some areas.
Hundreds of volunteers pull 360-tonne historic Japanese castle back into place by hand
About 1,800 volunteers pulled ropes to move the 360-tonne Hirosaki Castle keep back into position using hikiya, an ancient Japanese moving technique.
Taiwanese TV Host Held In Japan For Pouring Liquid On Sacred Buddha's Footprint Stone At Yakushiji Temple
Seven-year-old boy forced to hike Mt. Fuji alone after dad, older brother abandon him
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Japan Recruited 1,800 People to Pull a 396-Ton Castle Back into Place, and the Video Is Wild
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Radio station keeps residents informed after Kumamoto quake
FM Yatsushiro suspended its regular programming immediately after the earthquake and instead focused on broadcasting disaster-related information.
Japan’s top tomato production hub damaged following Kumamoto earthquake
The earthquake struck just as farmers were preparing for the upcoming tomato growing season.
Typhoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan's southwestern remote islands, injuring 2
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon headed west over the East China Sea on Wednesday after slamming Okinawa and other remote southwestern Japanese islands, causing blackouts, flight...
Typhoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan’s southwestern remote islands, injuring 2
Typhoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan’s southwestern remote islands, injuring 2
World news in Japan coverage
NewsMesh filters Japan-relevant world coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Pull World news in Japan into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=world&country=jp). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=world&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 World news in Japan
What world news from Japan does NewsMesh cover?
NewsMesh filters Japan-relevant world coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Which endpoint returns world news from Japan?
Call GET /v1/latest?category=world&country=jp. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Can I get Japan news in other categories?
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Japan coverage from /v1/latest?country=jp.
Is world news from Japan available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: world 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 world news from Japan 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 data?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.