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Japan destroyer returns to home port, equipped with Tom...
A Japanese Self-Defense Forces destroyer returned Sunday to its home port in Sas...
Baseball: Okamoto hits 27th homer, gets 3 RBIs as Blue ...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Kazuma Okamoto belted his 27th home run and had three RBIs a...
2 confirmed dead after students swept offshore in south...
Two people were confirmed dead Saturday during a search for students who were sw...
Japan to turn former steel mill site in western Japan i...
Japan's Defense Ministry has signed a contract with Nippon Steel Corp to acquire...
Japan's births rise 0.8% in Jan-June; 1st increase in 1...
The number of children born in Japan in the first six months of 2026 rose 0.8 pe...
Japan spent record 15.4 tril. yen in July-Aug. to stem ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan spent a record 15.4 trillion yen ($96 billion) over the p...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What enrollment shift happened ...
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Japan police warn cyclists after tourists near Mt. Fuji...
KOFU -- Yamanashi Prefectural Police and tourism groups are stepping up efforts ...
CDPJ drops plan to take part in 3-way merger with Japan...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Friday decided ...
Japan comedy duo Sandwichman's Date takes break after s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mikio Date of Sandwichman, one of the most popular comedy duos ...
Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take c...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an...
Tennis: Nishikori beaten by Japan compatriot Sakamoto i...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kei Nishikori was beaten by compatriot Rei Sakamoto ...
Prefectures in Japan's Chugoku region look to curb ramp...
HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima Prefectural Government set out a basic policy in July...
Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) -- The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to...
Japan births rise 0.8% in Jan.-June, 1st increase in 11...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of children born in Japan in the first six months of...
S. Korea, US, Japan to hold trilateral military exercis...
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korea's military said Friday that a trilateral exercise i...
