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Japan weather agency warns of landslides amid heavy rai...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency on Saturday continued to urge maximum vi...
UN General Assembly endorses a new world map that shows...
(AP) -- The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map t...
Blocks installed by local gov't in Osaka criticized as ...
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The city of Osaka has recently been inundated with over a hundr...
Japan to nominate Hikone Castle for 2028 World Heritage...
The Japanese council for cultural affairs has selected Hikone Castle, a national...
Shohei Ohtani gets a night off as his biceps and neck i...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani got the day off Thursday after appearing physi...
Editorial: Japan PM Takaichi's social media posts shoul...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is stepping up her use of the social medi...
391 books by well-known authors missing from libraries ...
KITAKYUSHU -- The Kitakyushu Municipal Board of Education reported 391 paperback...
Japanese scientist posthumously wins Ig Nobel prize for...
ZURICH (Kyodo) -- The late Japanese researcher Tokuji Unno won this year's Ig No...
Japan quake-hit community holds traditional festival in...
HIKAWA, Kumamoto -- A festival dedicated to praying for children's health and we...
Japan FY 2027 budget requests hit record 143 tril. yen ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Budget requests by Japanese ministries for fiscal 2027 totaled ...
One trapped worker rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Rescuers in Nepal pulled a second worker alive from a t...
Japan, US commerce chiefs meet, possibly to discuss inv...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japan's trade and industry minister Ryosei Akazawa met wit...
Football: Ueda scores winner on Lille debut against Tou...
TOULOUSE, France (Kyodo) -- Japan forward Ayase Ueda scored on his debut for Lil...
Osaka to tighten rules for private lodgings in wooden b...
OSAKA -- The Osaka Municipal Government is set to submit a bill to revise a rele...
Eala, Osaka and Gauff advance, while No. 3 Auger-Aliass...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Eala and her fans are headed to the weekend at the U.S. Op...
Japan passport applications rise across all 47 prefectu...
TOKYO -- Passport applications increased in all 47 Japanese prefectures in July ...
