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Hokkaido boat firm president found guilty over 2022 fat...
KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The president of a tourist boat operator was found gui...
Tokyo to launch scholarship for metro high students enr...
TOKYO -- Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has unveiled plans to launch a grant-based scho...
Messi has his first World Cup hat trick as defending ch...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Lionel Messi registered his first World Cup hat trick w...
Easy Japanese news in translation: 'H3 rocket' No. 6 la...
Japan's "H3 rocket" No. 6 blasted off on June 12 from the Tanegashima Space Cent...
Japan enacts tighter drone rules, expanding no-fly zones
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Wednesday enacted a law tightening regulations on the ...
Japan opposition lawmaker apologizes after saying poor ...
TOKYO -- Opposition lawmaker Chikage Koga of the Constitutional Democratic Party...
Japan's Fukuoka failed to conduct mite inspections at p...
FUKUOKA -- Twenty of 42 public schools' broadcasting rooms in this southwestern ...
M5.5 quake jolts eastern Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck in Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday ni...
Cases of deadly tick-borne disease in Japan rise faster...
Japan is seeing a rise in cases of a potentially fatal tick-borne disease, with ...
Japan to clear way for local gov'ts to effectively ban ...
The Japan Tourism Agency plans to notify local governments that they may effecti...
Nikkei index briefly tops 70,000 for 1st time after BOJ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high on Tuesday, with ...
Okinawa gov't to pay 91 million yen to man blinded in o...
NAHA -- The Okinawa Prefectural Government will pay about 91.38 million yen (aro...
Japan OKs basic plan to raise awareness of issues facin...
Japan's cabinet approved Tuesday a basic plan mapping out measures to raise awar...
Photos show the resurfaced remains of World War II's 'D...
KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) -- After decades beneath the surface, a submerged st...
Editorial: A mayor taking maternity leave should be not...
Shoko Kawata, mayor of Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, will take maternity leave. She ...
Japan defense force to join parachute drill on Philippi...
The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel will participate in a parachute...
