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Tokyo confirms Japanese national held by Iran freed
Iran freed a Japanese national held since January, Tokyo said Tuesday, with Kyod...
Realistic robot modeled after ancient marine reptile sw...
KAINAN, Wakayama -- A demonstration of a robot modeled after the newly discovere...
Tokyo stocks rise slightly ahead of US-Iran cease-fire ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Tuesday, amid a wait-and-see...
TEPCO restarts cooling of spent fuel pool at Fukushima ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Cooling of a spent fuel pool at the Fukushima Daini nuclear pow...
City near Tokyo introduces 'Crayon Shin-chan' character...
KASUKABE, Saitama -- This eastern Japan city north of Tokyo has changed the desi...
Ex-apprentice alleges modern 'slavery' in Kyoto geisha ...
When Kiyoha Kiritaka left Kyoto's geisha district in 2016, she says she was esca...
Ruling LDP membership falls by 25,000, declines for 3rd...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister ...
Japan's gasoline subsidy fund may run dry in 2 months a...
TOKYO -- Estimates by the Japanese government indicate that its subsidies to cap...
Japan Feb. household spending falls 1.8% on year on wea...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in February fell a real 1.8 percent ...
Baseball: Ohtani goes deep in back-to-back games as Dod...
TORONTO (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run in back-to-back games for hi...
Japan aims to strengthen national defense readiness wit...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Monday outlined plans to promote dua...
Unreleased photos from Beatles' 1966 Japan concerts ver...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Budokan said Monday it has verified the negatives of 102...
Artemis II astronauts set new human record for distance...
HOUSTON, Texas (Kyodo) -- The astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission set a new ...
40% of Japan local gov'ts want legal regulations on dis...
TOKYO -- About 40% of prefectural governments and ordinance-designated major cit...
Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants c...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In his news conference on Monday, President Donald Trump thre...
Editorial: Japan needs to promote AI understanding in e...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading rapidly, and Japan's educat...
