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Japan's Emperor Naruhito tours Het Loo Palace in Nether...
APELDOORN, Netherlands (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito toured Het Loo Palace...
Transgender town assemblywoman in Japan sues man for 2 ...
OSAKA -- The first oral arguments in a lawsuit filed against a man in his 50s ov...
The Mainichi News Quiz: How come Japan is reducing pass...
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Nikkei stock index tops 70,000 for 1st time
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index on Tuesday briefly topped 70,000 for the...
Japan-related ship partly damaged in Persian Gulf, no i...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japan-related ship sustained partial damage last week while a...
BOJ lifts policy rate to 31-yr high 1.0% on heightened ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan lifted its key policy rate to a 31-year high ...
Baseball: Ohtani tops early voting for MLB All-Star Game
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani leads all Maj...
China Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese exports threaten Europ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on ...
6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia on...
Mayor of east Japan city found dead in canal; police pr...
The mayor of the city of Shimotsuma in eastern Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture was fo...
Russian attack sets fire to centuries-old religious sit...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine killed five rescue...
Tokyo stocks end at record high after US, Iran agree to...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended at record highs Monday, with the Nikkei stoc...
Harmony with nature at heart of 2027 Horticultural Expo...
YOKOHAMA -- With fewer than 300 days remaining until the March 2027 opening of t...
US, Iran agree deal to end war, Strait of Hormuz to reo...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to en...
Oil and gas supplies could take months to return to nor...
NEW YORK (AP) -- High oil and gasoline prices and energy supply problems won't b...
Football: Daichi Kamada deflects in late leveler as Jap...
ARLINGTON, Texas (Kyodo) -- Daichi Kamada grabbed an 88th-minute equalizer to se...
