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Japan education minister suggests cutting 5 min. off pr...
TOKYO -- Japan's elementary and middle schools could shed five minutes per perio...
2 dead, 3 missing after fishing boat with 20 aboard cap...
CHIBA (Kyodo) -- Two people died and three others were missing after a fishing b...
Japan firms working to attract, retain skilled foreign ...
ITAKURA, Gunma (Kyodo) -- As labor-strapped Japan faces a growing exodus of fore...
Hideki Matsuyama has record-setting start to the PGA To...
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) -- Hideki Matsuyama got the new season off to a smashing st...
Tokyo stocks open lower on 1st trading day of 2025
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Stocks opened lower Monday, led by declines in auto and s...
Driving into Manhattan? That'll cost you, as new conges...
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhatta...
South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested th...
Kieran Culkin, 'Shogun,' Ali Wong win at Golden Globes
(AP) -- The Golden Globes, which host Nikki Glaser introduced as "Ozempic's bigg...
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for...
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted hi...
Japanese firm turning bagworm silk into fiber products ...
Environmentally friendly and highly durable bagworm silk is set to be used in a ...
Biden's decision to block Nippon Steel takeover creates...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- By blocking a Japanese company's takeover of U.S. Steel, Pres...
Rugby: Seta Tamanivalu marks milestone with try as Brav...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Seta Tamanivalu marked his 50th appearance for Brave Lupus Toky...
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon's ous...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezin...
Tennis: Kei Nishikori, injured Naomi Osaka come up shor...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka pulled out of the ASB Cl...
Football: Hajime Moriyasu wants Japan to shift gears, e...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- With Japan on track for their fastest World Cup qualification f...
Bodies of couple in their 70s found in Sapporo home
The bodies of a man and his wife, both in their 70s, were found in their home in...
