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Editorial: Lessons from 1995 Kobe quake must live on to...
Japan on Jan. 17 marked 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a devastati...
2 Vietnamese women arrested over alleged impersonation ...
OSAKA -- Two Vietnamese women have been arrested for alleged impersonation durin...
Japan town assembly demands US military stop low flight...
TOKUSHIMA -- The "Orange Route," a U.S. military training flight path stretching...
Sumo: Hoshoryu ends Oho's perfect run, remains on track...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ozeki Hoshoryu handed No. 3 maegashira Oho his first defeat of ...
Rugby: Blue Revs hold off previously unbeaten Brave Lupus
IWATA, Shizuoka (Kyodo) -- Shizuoka Blue Revs first-year scrumhalf Shuntaro Kita...
Baseball: Side-armer Koyo Aoyagi joins Phillies on mino...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Right-handed side-armer Koyo Aoyagi has signed a minor leagu...
Football: Former Japan, Basel forward Kakitani retires ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Japan and Basel forward Yoichiro Kakitani has decided to...
Baseball: Rakuten rookies visit 2011 tsunami-hit town
MINAMISANRIKU, Miyagi (Kyodo) -- Rookies from the Rakuten Eagles visited Minamis...
University entrance exams begin across Japan
Japan's unified university entrance exams began Saturday at 651 venues across th...
20% in Japan never clean air conditioner filters, resul...
TOKYO -- Amid the seemingly endless increase in prices, people in Japan may be f...
Japan likely to miss FY 2025 fiscal discipline goal
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is likely to miss the fiscal discipline target it had aim...
10,000 cups of warmth: Food truck travels 800 km to giv...
NANAO, Iwate -- In earthquake-hit areas of central Japan's Noto Peninsula, a man...
BOJ mulls raising policy rate at next week's meeting: s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan is considering raising its key rate at a two-...
Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says he intends to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram pos...
Japan sees 5,400 deaths from post-disaster fatigue, str...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due...
Hiroshima mayor urges Japan PM to join UN nuke ban trea...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Friday urged Prime Minister Sh...
