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Japan weather agency adopts 'cruelly hot day' as new te...
TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 17 that it has...
236 measles cases in Japan since January, up 3.6 times ...
Japan has reported 236 measles cases since January, 3.6 times the 66 recorded in...
Japanese novelist Kanako Nishi debuts in English transl...
Kanako Nishi, a seasoned Japanese author and winner of the prestigious Naoki lit...
G20 finance chiefs agree to help poorer nations hit har...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies agreed T...
Figure skating: Japan's pairs figure skating gold medal...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the...
Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Israel and Lebanon agreed Thursday to a 10-day ceasefire a...
Japan welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, hopes for Midd...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Friday welcomed the agreement by Isr...
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Ind. reaches settlement over sui...
OSAKA -- The family of an engineer who took his own life while on assignment in ...
Chinese Embassy in Tokyo says it received 2 terrorist t...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday that it received two...
Japan diesel sellers ran price cartel through monthly m...
TOKYO -- Eight gas station operators are suspected of repeatedly coordinating di...
US urges nations to back 'trade over aid' plan as UN wa...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is urging other nations to back a "trade over aid" i...
Editorial: Japan law review should ban prosecutors from...
Voices of opposition have been rising from lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Jet balloons' retur...
Popular "jet balloons" came back to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the city of Nishi...
N. Korea's nuclear capabilities appear to have advanced...
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednes...
Kumamoto marks decade since deadly quakes
The southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary ...
Nikkei index ends at record high on US-Iran peace talk ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high above 59,000 poin...
