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Mount Rausu hiking trails closed again after brown bear...
The town of Shari in Hokkaido said it closed hiking trails on Mount Rausu, where...
Tokyo stocks end higher on strong chip shares, optimism...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday as semiconductor-related share...
Japan's southwestern islands on high alert as powerful ...
A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan's sou...
City in Chiba Prefecture bars mosque prayer session in ...
A decision by a city near Tokyo to bar a mosque from holding a longstanding outd...
JFA sounds out Moriyasu on short-term extension as manager
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Football Association has sounded out national team ma...
Osaka Pref. moves to expand emergency bear hunting capa...
OSAKA -- As bear attacks on people continue across Japan, particularly in the no...
Japan wholesale prices up 7.1% in June, fastest rise in...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices rose in June at the fastest pace in ov...
Baseball: Suzuki hits 15th homer, Murakami to return fr...
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Kyodo) -- Seiya Suzuki hit his second home run in as many g...
Why are more railway companies in west Japan adding pai...
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why pa...
Japan brushes aside market views gov't pressuring BOJ n...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese officials on Friday dismissed market views that the go...
Taiwan airline unveils plane featuring Japanese artist ...
TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's Starlux Airlines on Thursday unveiled a plan...
Sumo: Grand champions return, Aonishiki fights for ozek...
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Grand champions Onosato and Hoshoryu are set to return from in...
Japan's lower house passes bill for imperial law revisi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill for a law ...
Japan's Onitsuka Tiger unveils new flagship store in To...
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Japanese footwear giant Asics Corp. on Thursday unveiled to the...
800 wind chimes turn western Japan shrine into a sympho...
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Some 800 clear Edo-style wind chimes are filling the a...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Tokyo Disney Resort ...
At Tokyo Disney Resort in the city of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, the special sum...
