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Japan, 8 other economies agree to cut 2026 saury fishin...
Japan, China and the seven other members of the North Pacific Fisheries Commissi...
Bear lurks in residential area in Sendai for hours befo...
A bear about 1.5 meters long spent hours lurking in bushes in a residential area...
Baseball: Murakami homers for 2nd game in row, White So...
DENVER (Kyodo) -- Munetaka Murakami went deep in back-to-back games for his seve...
Japan child-rearing homes more burdened with tax than U...
A Japanese government estimate has shown that the proportion of household income...
From YouTube to rakugo, Japanese kids explore new forms...
From pitching ideas as mock diplomats to editing YouTube videos, Japanese childr...
Suzuki producing biogas auto fuel from cow dung in India
BHUKHALA, India (Kyodo) -- Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. has been producing biogas ...
Japan extends financial support to teach foreigners loc...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government has begun financially supporting munici...
Chinese ship may have conducted survey in Japan's EEZ a...
NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Chinese marine research vessel was spotted extending a ...
Iran military says Strait of Hormuz under strict contro...
ISTANBUL (Kyodo) -- Iran's military said the Strait of Hormuz has reverted to it...
N. Korea fires ballistic missiles, no damage reported i...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korea on Sunday launched ballistic missiles, with the pro...
What consumers can do as the Iran war impacts the cost ...
(AP) -- As the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, tra...
A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating...
BEIJING (AP) -- A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Bei...
French soldier killed and 3 others wounded in an attack...
BEIRUT (AP) -- A U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon came under attack w...
Iran fully closes Strait of Hormuz over US blockade and...
CAIRO (AP) -- The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as...
Football: Kubo wins 1st trophy with Copa del Rey, Mitom...
SEVILLE, Spain (Kyodo) -- Japan attacker Takefusa Kubo claimed his first major t...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What got 30,000 protesters onto...
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