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Nikkei ends at record high for 3rd straight day amid po...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high Friday for the th...
World warms to Punch the monkey after it was abandoned ...
TOKYO -- An endearing image of a Japanese macaque called Punch hugging an orangu...
Editorial: Japan PM dodging own responsibility by havin...
Discussions on consumption tax cuts and other issues got underway at a recently ...
Imperial couple, Princess Aiko to visit Tohoku disaster...
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit three prefectures in the ...
Robot arm unveiled for Fukushima debris removal
A 22-meter robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from ...
Trump remains open to talks with North Korean leader: W...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump remains open to talks with Nor...
Japan's January industrial output up 2.2% on month on s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industrial output in January rose 2.2 percent from the ...
Almost half of Japan job hunters experience sexual hara...
TOKYO -- Nearly half of job hunters in Japan have experienced discomfort due to ...
No. of price hikes among food items in Japan to fall 70...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Price hikes for food and beverage items in March will total 684...
Japanese scientists grow functioning testis from mouse ...
OSAKA -- A team led by University of Osaka researchers has developed a technique...
Sumo: Stablemaster Isegahama questioned by association ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Stablemaster Isegahama, formerly the highest-ranking yokozuna T...
Football: Japan World Cup squad to train in Mexico, bas...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's national squad will hold a training camp in Monterrey, ...
Minister hits back at Chinese criticism over Japan's de...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday fired back at China...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Okinawa island celeb...
On Okinawa Prefecture's Aguni Island, the traditional New Year celebration "Maas...
Japan sees record 1,373 youths implicated in cannabis c...
TOKYO -- A total of 1,373 people aged under 20 were involved in cannabis-related...
Births in Japan fall in 2025 to 706,000; record low for...
The number of children born in Japan in 2025 fell from a year earlier to 705,809...
