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Haiku in English: Jan. 8, 2025
the hunter's moonand my breathon the windshield--Sari Grandstaff (New York, USA)...
Japan convenience stores filling role as local safety r...
SAPPORO -- Japan's convenience stores are taking on tasks once handled by the dw...
'Library pharmacy' opens in west Japan to provide 'word...
KAINAN, Wakayama -- Why don't you solve your problems with "word supplements"? A...
Where did Japan's scramble crossings originate? Shibuya...
KUMAMOTO -- When it comes to scramble intersections, which halt all traffic to a...
Tibet earthquake kills at least 126 people and leaves m...
BEIJING (AP) -- A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western Chin...
Ski Jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi settles for 15th overall a...
BISCHOFSHOFEN, Austria (Kyodo) -- World Cup ski jumping's Four Hills Tournament ...
Boxing: Japan's Junto Nakatani wants to send world mess...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani said Tuesday he plans ...
Ex-Japan PM Suga to attend former US President Carter's...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will attend the s...
Japan, Indonesia weigh naval ship joint development
JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Indonesian cou...
Ex-SMAP member Masahiro Nakai's TV scenes cut amid alle...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Scenes featuring Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop ido...
Japan police hired outside interpreters for 66,100 case...
FUKUOKA -- The number of cases where police across Japan hired outside interpret...
US investment firm KKR mulls sale of major Japan superm...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S.-based global investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & ...
Strong earthquake kills at least 95 people in western C...
BEIJING (AP) -- A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western Chin...
Small, midsize firms crucial for Japan's wage hikes: bu...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Small- and medium-sized companies hold the "key" to raising wag...
Japan PM urges party unity, upper house majority at sta...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday called on his fellow r...
South Korea court reissues warrant to detain impeached ...
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- A South Korean court has reissued a warrant to detain impeached...