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2 Tokyo teens arrested on suspicion of shooting firewor...
TOKYO -- Two teenage boys were recently arrested on suspicion of firing firework...
France eyes 'Dragon Ball' theme park near Paris with Sa...
BRUSSELS (Mainichi) -- Plans are taking shape to build a theme park based on Jap...
Kumamoto Castle reopens after safety checks following M...
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kumamoto Castle reopened to visitors Thursday, just o...
Japan wholesale prices up 7.2% in July amid Middle East...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in July rose 7.2 percent from a year e...
War-linked Yasukuni shrine bans cosplay, military attir...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo has announced on its of...
Putin visits Russian-controlled Etorofu Island claimed ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Etorofu Island on Thur...
US strikes targeting Houthis killed 153 civilians in Ye...
Washington (AP) -- U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yem...
Tokyo stocks end higher on strong chip shares despite U...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Wednesday as semiconductor-related sh...
Yoroku: English missionary Walter Weston helped open Ja...
British missionary Walter Weston (1861-1940) helped introduce the Japanese Alps ...
Aeon says staff were allowed to reenter quake-hit mall ...
Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co said Tuesday that employees were allowed to reen...
Ultrarare Nintendo Mario game cartridges discovered in ...
(AP) -- A few years ago, a pop culture store owner in Wisconsin mentioned to Jas...
Deer ravage sunflowers in Fukushima Pref. highland, for...
KORIYAMA, Fukushima -- A festival in this northeastern Japan city popular for it...
Nikkei index directionless in morning as eyes on US CPI...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index was directionless Wednesday morning as i...
N. Korean ballistic missile believed to have fallen out...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile eastward Wednesday mornin...
Typhoon weakens to tropical depression after landfall i...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Typhoon Chan-hom lost strength and was downgraded to a tropica...
Baseball: Sugano wins 12th as Rockies rally past Diamon...
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Tomoyuki Sugano earned his 12th win of the season after a...
