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Tokyo stocks mixed as bond yields fall, Dollar drops sh...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday, as sentiment improved on fal...
87-year-old man dies after being pinned against pear tr...
An 87-year-old man died has died after he was pinned against a pear tree by an a...
News in Easy English: Robots help children join school ...
SHIMOTSUKE, Tochigi -- The local government here will use avatar robots to help ...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What new mobile phone number pr...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
Tokyo stocks rise in morning as bond yields fall but we...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, as investor sentiment impro...
Friend-for-hire services gain traction in Thailand
BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- "Friend-for-hire" services have started taking off in Thailan...
Editorial: Japan's 'voice rights' guidelines a step to ...
Japan's Ministry of Justice has positioned that "voice rights" are subject to le...
Japan police panel urges remote phone analysis to fight...
TOKYO -- A Japan police advisory panel has proposed the early introduction of re...
Japan to toughen skills test for elderly drivers in bid...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The National Police Agency plans to toughen the mandatory skill...
Yamamoto allows 4 runs as Dodgers suffer come-from-behi...
LOS ANGELS (Kyodo) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto surrendered four runs over seven inning...
Japan 'Saint Seiya' manga firms sue ex-director for $18...
TOKYO -- Three companies managing the copyrights of the hit manga "Saint Seiya" ...
Japan research team develops AI system to detect plasti...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese team of researchers has developed an artificial inte...
Nikkei briefly plunges 3% on higher bond yields, Middle...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks plunged Wednesday, with the Nikkei index briefly d...
Japan PM vows to speed up AI, unmanned defense asset in...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told senior members of the Self-D...
The Japanese idealist behind the last deradicalization ...
Yosuke Nagai was an idealistic teenager who wanted to help war-torn Somalia. He ...
Late artist Yayoi Kusama's A-bomb-themed anti-war work ...
HIROSHIMA -- A Hiroshima museum is showing an artwork about the atomic bombing o...
