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Japan reveals plan to enhance energy supply structure
Japan's government on Wednesday revealed a comprehensive plan to strengthen its ...
Special heavy rain warning issued for areas in Ishikawa...
Japan's weather agency issued a special heavy rain warning on Thursday for some ...
Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world,...
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings...
Tokyo gov't to raise private junior high tuition subsid...
TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will raise its tuition subsidy for gu...
Japan survey shows shift from public to private high sc...
TOKYO -- New statistics released by Japan's education ministry Aug. 26 spotlight...
Japan's emperor, empress to visit quake-hit Kumamoto in...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make a day ...
BOJ deputy chief calls for more rate hikes on inflation...
SAITAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan should continue to raise its key pol...
2 die in water accidents at beaches in Japan's Shizuoka...
SHIZUOKA -- Two men died in successive water accidents at beaches in Shizuoka Pr...
Trump says the US doesn't need Canada. The economy says...
TORONTO (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canad...
Japan's 'polka dot queen,' avant-garde artist Yayoi Kus...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese avant-garde artist globally acclaimed ...
USS Abraham Lincoln will stop in Thailand on its way ho...
BANGKOK (AP) -- The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier will make a stop in Tha...
Heavy rain batters central Japan, causing landslides, f...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Heavy rain battered parts of central Japan on Thursday, causing...
Editorial: Heed children's calls for help as suicides r...
Adults have a responsibility to keep watch over children so as not to overlook s...
Japan tripled departure tax to fund tourism but is usin...
On 1 July, Japan increased its departure tax for everyone flying out of the coun...
Japan nuclear plants given extension to build antiterro...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said it would revise regu...
Japan to reuse Fukushima cleanup soil in Miyagi, Saitam...
Japan's Environment Ministry says it plans to reuse soil collected in decontamin...
