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Japan to push use of underground malls, subways as emer...
Japan will encourage the wider use of underground shopping malls and train stati...
Tokyo stocks rise as Trump delays threatened strike on ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday as tensions in the Middle East eased ...
Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG su...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil...
MSDF revamps structure to boost remote island defense
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has revamped its organizational structu...
Hay fever hits Japan's wild monkey parks
Wild Japanese macaques at observation facilities across Japan appear to be deali...
Deer suspected after 10,000 tulip bulbs destroyed at pa...
KIRYU, Gunma -- Around 10,000 tulip bulbs on the verge of blooming have been des...
Japan core consumer prices in Feb. rise 1.6% on yr, low...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in February rose 1.6 percent from ...
N. Korea to nix summit talks with Japan if abduction is...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Kim Yo Jong, younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong U...
N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to maintain status as...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to maintain the count...
Japan to start releasing state oil reserves Thursday: P...
TOKYO (Kyodo) --Japan will start releasing oil from state reserves on Thursday, ...
Bhutan monks turn to AI chatbot for Buddhist guidance
THINPHU (Kyodo) -- High in the Himalayas, in the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, mon...
Japan approves preventive use of oral COVID drug Xocova...
TOKYO -- Japanese health minister Kenichiro Ueno on March 23 approved adding "pr...
Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki to start the season on inj...
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki will start the season o...
Editorial: Japan's costly 3.11 disaster rebuilding show...
In reconstruction efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck ...
Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as h...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the ...
Trump's changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy ra...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cyclin...
