HEADLINES
Week after Chiba Pref. floods, death toll stands at 13;...
CHIBA -- A week after record rainfall caused extensive flooding across Chiba Pre...
ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president...
HE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slam...
Quake-hit Kumamoto Pref. cheers local Ariake High after...
ARAO, Kumamoto -- Baseball players and coaches of Ariake High School, Kumamoto P...
Champagne growers race to preserve quality in record-ea...
HAUTVILLERS, France (AP) -- Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes ...
Shrine maidens in west Japan city sun-dry pickled plums...
HOFU, Yamaguchi -- Plums harvested on the grounds of Hofu Tenmangu Shrine in thi...
4 workers at station hit by express train, unresponsive...
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Four workers died on Thursday after being hit by an...
Editorial: Senior gov't officials' Yasukuni visits lack...
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and three other Cabinet ministers vis...
Asian Games: Hiroshima hosts flame-lighting event for t...
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- A flame-lighting ceremony for the torch relay of the upcomi...
Malaysian plane bound for Kuala Lumpur aborts takeoff a...
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Malaysia Airlines plane bound for Kuala Lumpur aborted...
Russian missile barrage across Ukraine's capital kills ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday killed at lea...
Japan's most graying village looks to Peru sister city ...
Japan's most graying municipality has turned to its Peruvian sister city in sear...
Foreign visitors to Japan hit 3.44 mil in July; S Korea...
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July inched up 0.1 percent from a yea...
Gov't drafts Kumamoto quake aid package, plans travel d...
The Japanese government will compile an aid package for quake-hit southwestern J...
Heavy rain that battered Chiba leaves 13 dead
The death toll from the torrential rain that struck Chiba Prefecture last week h...
Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies
Long after sunset, Motoaki Iijima's illuminated greenhouse north of Tokyo glows ...
Children from Japan, China and S. Korea to jointly make...
SEOUL (Mainichi) -- An exchange program for about 100 elementary school students...
