HEADLINES
SoftBank successfully conducts flying telecom base test...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday it has achieved communications te...
China opts out of joining other G20 members on rectifyi...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Kyodo) -- China on Tuesday refused to accept a U.S.-drafted joi...
Baseball: NPB's oldest player, Swallows pitcher Ishikaw...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Professional Baseball's oldest active player, 46-year-ol...
Japan's Kashima shrine launches once-every-12-yrs Mifun...
KASHIMA, Ibaraki -- Kashima Jingu shrine in this east Japan city launched its Mi...
Japan, Poland agree to coordinate support for Ukraine r...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese and Polish foreign ministers agreed Monday at their me...
BOJ to debate rate rise, inflation much closer to 2% ta...
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda said Tuesday...
Hawkish BOJ member calls for 'nimble' approach to inter...
SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan policymaker Hajime Takata on Wednesday stressed...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Summer festival for ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Seijo Police Station and others held ...
Female stand-up comics find their voice as China tighte...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese comedian Xiao Pa has drawn on a difficult childhood w...
Kobe shifts junior high school club activities to commu...
KOBE -- Club activities at municipal junior high schools in this western Japan c...
Japan youth messengers call on world to reduce risks of...
A group of Japanese high school students visiting the U.N. office in Geneva on T...
Japan gov't seeks major budget hike for immigration con...
TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Justice has earmarked 80.7 billion yen (about $504....
Japan's Kanda reelected as ADB chief with unanimous sup...
MANILA (Kyodo) -- The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday that its president, Ma...
In Japan's mountains, a different way to manage bears
As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the fo...
Quake-damaged expressway in Kumamoto to take at least 2...
Repairs to a section of an expressway in Kumamoto Prefecture damaged by a powerf...
Eruption of Sinabung volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra isl...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a...
