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Japan's foreign defense aid to rise 60% in FY 2025
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has allocated 8.1 billion yen ($51 million) for fiscal 20...
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at ho...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The man who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's...
How drinking alcohol can affect your health
(AP) -- With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general's advisory...
Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Ja...
NEW YORK (AP) -- In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Do...
Record number of teachers in Japan took mental illness ...
The number of teachers who took leave due to mental illness at public schools in...
Japan governors push to have hot spring culture recogni...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of governors is aiming to have Japan's hot spring cultu...
Japan's main opposition party fails to boost clout afte...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Yos...
South Korea's impeached president defies warrant after ...
SEOUL (AP) -- South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeache...
Will a devastating New Year's Eve explosion change Hawa...
HONOLULU (AP) -- In recent years, occasions large and small -- parties, Super Bo...
2 dead and 19 injured in Southern California plane crash
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) -- Two people died and 19 were injured Thursday when a sm...
A-bomb survivor Shigeko Sasamori dies in California at ...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb at...
Athletics: Aoyama Gakuin rewrites record, retains Hakon...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Aoyama Gakuin University retained its Tokyo-Hakone collegiate e...
Biden decides to block US Steel sale to Nippon Steel: r...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to block the $14.1 bi...
'Doctor Yellow' track-testing shinkansen begins long go...
This month, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bu...
Gov't subsidies 'barely help': Tokyo single mom of 2 on...
TOKYO -- The government of Japan is engaging in comprehensive economic measures ...
2024 Rewind: That's harassment!
In Japan, power and sexual harassment are well-known issues that persist despite...
