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Baseball: Suzuki hits 2-run single in Cubs' loss to Reds
OHIO (Kyodo) -- Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run single as the Chicago Cubs lost to th...
Malaysian police arrest 6 Japanese, 1 Malaysian for onl...
KUALA LUMPUR (Kyodo) -- Malaysian police said late Friday they have arrested six...
Dollar jumps above 157 yen, Nikkei stock index climbs a...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above 157 yen on Friday after two of the...
Japan starts 1st rice buyback to replenish reserves
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's farm ministry on Friday began procedures to buy back 21...
Editorial: Takaichi's Cabinet, LDP reshuffle could deep...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet and unveiled a...
Tokyo stocks mixed on tech gains, wait-and-see ahead BO...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Friday morning, as the benchmark Nikkei...
Asian black bear caught on camera on Mount Takao in Tokyo
TOKYO -- An Asian black bear was captured on a wildlife observation camera walki...
Tokyo considers ordinance banning littering as downtown...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering an ordinance b...
BOJ lifts key policy rate to 1.25% amid growing inflati...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to 1.25 percent ...
Dollar jumps above 157 yen line after 2 BOJ board membe...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above the 157 yen line on Friday, after ...
Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the...
(AP) -- Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelli...
Japan's Nagano police to hire ex-pro soccer player unde...
NAGANO -- The Nagano Prefectural Police force has selected the first successful ...
Takaichi, Trump planning meeting in US on Tues.: diplom...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning for Prime Minist...
Baseball: Murakami ends home run slump to lift White So...
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Munetaka Murakami broke out of a slump with a three-run homer...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Autumn watermelon cu...
The cultivation of autumn watermelons is spreading in the city of Tomisato, Chib...
Japan police panel starts talks to allow more foreign s...
Japan's police agency on Wednesday launched an expert panel to consider allowing...
