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Editorial: Japan gov't rice buyback must not be used as...
The Japanese government is set to buy back 210,000 metric tons of the 590,000 to...
Sake from Japan's Yamaguchi wins at International Wine ...
LONDON (Kyodo) -- Tenbi Junmai Ginjo Hotaten, a sake product from Japan's Yamagu...
Japan foreign minister urges Iran show 'restraint' in i...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- During telephone talks with his Iranian counterpart on Tuesday,...
Yokohama panel deems 'die' note to preschooler 'equival...
YOKOHAMA -- The Yokohama Municipal Government on Sept. 8 released a third-party ...
Baseball: Okamoto becomes 3rd Japanese player to hit 30...
SACRAMENTO, California (Kyodo) -- Kazuma Okamoto hit his 30th home run of the se...
Japan opposition alliance agrees plan to split on found...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Lawmakers in Japan's main opposition party, the Centrist Reform...
Rare puffer fish with no display record in Japan on sho...
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A newly exhibited puffer fish at the municipal aquariu...
Japan Post to sell stamps featuring popular monkey 'Punch'
ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- Japan Post Co.'s Kanto branch will begin selling stamps from ...
Japan failed to disclose US view on PFAS found near Oki...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The United States, in past communications with the Japanese gov...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Japan to nominate Hi...
The Japanese government has decided to nominate Hikone Castle in the city of Hik...
6-year-old boy missing since Sept 5 in Yamagata
A 6-year-old boy attending a special needs school in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefe...
Dollar falls into 152 yen zone amid BOJ rate hike specu...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar briefly fell into the 152 yen range in Tokyo on...
Baseball: Ohtani back to lineup in Dodgers' win over Reds
LOS ENGELS (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup ...
N. Korea slams Japan-US-S. Korea drill as 'crucial threat'
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korean Defense Minister Kim Song Gi has slammed an ongo...
Myanmar worker claims he was beaten with stick at Hokka...
TOKYO -- A Myanmar man who fled a farm in Hokkaido, where he was employed under ...
'Phantom mole' recorded for first time in northern Japa...
AOMORI -- The Japanese mountain mole, sometimes called a "phantom mole," has bee...
