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Seoul court sentences Unification Church leader Hak Ja ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean court on Monday sentenced Unification ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: 97th Intercity Baseb...
The 97th Intercity Baseball Tournament started on August 26 at Tokyo Dome in the...
Underground missile shelter to be built near Tokyo Station
The Tokyo metropolitan government has unveiled a plan to use an underground faci...
Japan resumes student exchange trips to Russia after 7-...
Japan has resumed a program for university students to engage in short-term stud...
Fake data may activate Japan's emergency alert: expert
Japan's nationwide emergency alert system lacks the capability to encrypt data t...
Visitor's belongings emit smoke at Tokyo Disneyland
Smoke came from a visitor's belongings at Tokyo Disneyland on Sunday, but no one...
Japan destroyer returns to home port, equipped with Tom...
A Japanese Self-Defense Forces destroyer returned Sunday to its home port in Sas...
Baseball: Okamoto hits 27th homer, gets 3 RBIs as Blue ...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Kazuma Okamoto belted his 27th home run and had three RBIs a...
2 confirmed dead after students swept offshore in south...
Two people were confirmed dead Saturday during a search for students who were sw...
Japan to turn former steel mill site in western Japan i...
Japan's Defense Ministry has signed a contract with Nippon Steel Corp to acquire...
Japan's births rise 0.8% in Jan-June; 1st increase in 1...
The number of children born in Japan in the first six months of 2026 rose 0.8 pe...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What enrollment shift happened ...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
Japan spent record 15.4 tril. yen in July-Aug. to stem ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan spent a record 15.4 trillion yen ($96 billion) over the p...
CDPJ drops plan to take part in 3-way merger with Japan...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Friday decided ...
Japan police warn cyclists after tourists near Mt. Fuji...
KOFU -- Yamanashi Prefectural Police and tourism groups are stepping up efforts ...
Prefectures in Japan's Chugoku region look to curb ramp...
HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima Prefectural Government set out a basic policy in July...
