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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...
Tokyo stocks rise in morning as bond yields fall but we...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, as investor sentiment impro...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What new mobile phone number pr...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
News in Easy English: Robots help children join school ...
SHIMOTSUKE, Tochigi -- The local government here will use avatar robots to help ...
Editorial: Japan's 'voice rights' guidelines a step to ...
Japan's Ministry of Justice has positioned that "voice rights" are subject to le...
Friend-for-hire services gain traction in Thailand
BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- "Friend-for-hire" services have started taking off in Thailan...
Yamamoto allows 4 runs as Dodgers suffer come-from-behi...
LOS ANGELS (Kyodo) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto surrendered four runs over seven inning...
Japan to toughen skills test for elderly drivers in bid...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The National Police Agency plans to toughen the mandatory skill...
Japan police panel urges remote phone analysis to fight...
TOKYO -- A Japan police advisory panel has proposed the early introduction of re...
Japan research team develops AI system to detect plasti...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese team of researchers has developed an artificial inte...
Japan 'Saint Seiya' manga firms sue ex-director for $18...
TOKYO -- Three companies managing the copyrights of the hit manga "Saint Seiya" ...
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...
Fukushima University rebukes YouTube video comments ove...
FUKUSHIMA -- Fukushima University on Sept. 1 issued a statement regarding a YouT...
