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Editorial: 80 yrs after granting suffrage, Japan must d...
Japan on April 10 marked 80 years since women first gained the right to vote in ...
Rutte the 'Trump whisperer' faces a fresh test as the U...
BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte declined to say Thursday whet...
Honda to launch new compact EV in May with feel of engi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Honda Motor Co. said Friday it will roll out a new compact elec...
Japan downgrades description of China in annual diploma...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has downgraded its description of China in its 2026 Diplo...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Baby storks hatched ...
Chicks of the Oriental white stork, a national special natural monument, have ha...
Japan Photo Journal: 50,000 tulips in full bloom in Chi...
Tulips of different colors are seen in full bloom during the Sosa tulip festival...
Japanese town sours on crowds coming to see cherry blos...
The trouble started with a beautiful photo. Social media was soon awash with the...
1 in 5 Japanese in their late teens see immigration as ...
Some 19.2 percent of teenagers aged 17 to 19 in Japan consider the "increase of ...
Japan mulls extra 20 days worth of oil release with Hor...
Japan is considering an additional release of its oil reserves providing 20 days...
Workman dies after falling from power transmission tower
A 44-year-old man died after he fell about 13 meters to the ground while working...
What does the Iran ceasefire deal mean? It depends on w...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tenuous ceasefire deal in the Iran war allowing negotiation...
Proposed citizenship rule for hiring in Mie sparks cont...
A proposal by a local government in central Japan to reinstate a rule requiring ...
Ocean protections clash with mining pressure in Indones...
MISOOL, Indonesia (AP) -- There is an explosion of color beneath the surface in ...
Tokyo stocks fall in morning on profit-taking, ceasefir...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday morning on profit-taking following t...
Solitary mangrove creates striking views on Ishigaki Is...
ISHIGAKI, Okinawa -- A Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited Ishigaki Island, locate...
