HEADLINES
Japan to cut passport application fees from July to enc...
Japan's parliament enacted revisions to the passport law on Friday, lowering app...
Hot pants: Tokyo government workers swap suits for shorts
Tokyo's metropolitan government is encouraging staff to wear shorts to work to c...
Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks at Cherno...
PRIPYAT, Ukraine (AP) -- The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...
Mitsubishi Electric weighs turning auto parts unit into...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Friday it is considering the pos...
Sumo: JSA chief Hakkaku awarded Freedom of the City of ...
LONDON (Kyodo) -- Japan Sumo Association chief Hakkaku has been awarded the Free...
Japan's Yamaguchi Labor Bureau creates pictograms to bo...
YAMAGUCHI -- The Japanese labor ministry's Yamaguchi Labor Bureau has developed ...
'1% consumption tax' idea emerges in Japan, but feasibi...
TOKYO -- A "workaround" is being discussed for the government's pledge to cut th...
Athletes thank fans at Japan's 1st Winter Games parade
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese athletes who participated in the Milan Cortina Winter ...
Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for ne...
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and...
Wildfires in northeast Japan continue raging, burning 7...
MORIOKA (Kyodo) -- Wildfires in northeastern Japan have continued to rage for a ...
Japan sushi chain sets Guinness record for most expensi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese sushi chain operator has won a Guinness World Record...
Wildfires spread toward center of town in Iwate Prefecture
Flames from raging wildfires in northern Japan were spreading toward the center ...
2 women in their 20s die after jumping from 19th floor ...
Two women in their 20s died after they apparently jumped from the 19th floor of ...
Nikkei sets new closing high on tech gains, Mideast hopes
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday, with the Nikkei stock index setting a...
China to send giant pandas to Atlanta again
BEIJING (AP) -- Atlanta will have giant pandas again.China on Friday announced i...
