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Japan's Hokuriku region suffering through sunless winte...
The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama pr...
South Korea court backs detention of president
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- A South Korean court on Thursday decided the ongoing detention ...
'Japan's Warren Buffett' who survived 1995 Kobe quake s...
KOBE -- A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earth...
'No options': Kurds on provisional release, Japan hospi...
SAITAMA -- "If a nail pierces my foot, I pull it out in saltwater. If I come dow...
Japan government starts process to compensate forced st...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government started a process Friday to compensate ...
Volleyball: Ferhat Akbas to be 1st foreign head coach o...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Volleyball Association's search for its women's natio...
Sumo grand champion Terunofuji retires: governing body
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Grand champion Terunofuji, the only current yokozuna, has decid...
Japan marks 30 years since Great Hanshin Earthquake tha...
KOBE (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked...
Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visua...
He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered ...
Japan marks 30 years since Kobe quake that killed over ...
The western city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary ...
Osaka Expo participating countries question ticket book...
The advance reservation system for admission to the World Exposition in Osaka st...
'Host' convicted of profiting from woman coerced into p...
TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court has issued a guilty verdict in Japan's first-e...
Famed winter gusts of Japan's Gunma Pref. blow away doc...
MAEBASHI -- Documents containing the personal information of an individual relat...
Nikkei index snaps 5-day losing streak on optimism over...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index snapped a five-day losing streak Thursda...
Trump's pick for top diplomat urges China not to destab...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of ...
Sumo: Upstart Atamifuji hands Hoshoryu 1st loss of New ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Rank-and-file grappler Atamifuji continued to be a thorn in the...
