HEADLINES
N. Korea media criticizes ongoing US-S. Korea drills af...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea criticized the ongoing U.S.-South Korea joint mil...
South Korea, US to shorten annual military exercise
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korea and the United States will shorten their annual joi...
Baseball: Ohtani homers in Denver, hits 30 home runs fo...
DENVER (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani notched 30...
Giant, foul-smelling 'corpse flower' blooms at southwes...
MIYAZAKI -- A titan arum, considered one of the world's largest flowers, has blo...
Japanese actor Keiko Kishi dies at 93
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese actor Keiko Kishi, who won acclaim at home and abroad ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Perseid meteor showe...
The Perseid meteor shower, which can be seen in August, reached its peak. In the...
Editorial: Deadly rains in east Japan highlight need to...
Japan has been confronted with the terror of torrential rain that causes damage ...
Japan and OAS award Haiti $3M to help troubled country ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Japan and the Organization of American States sign...
Japan local officials urge disaster victims not to toss...
KUMAMOTO -- "Don't throw away damaged historical materials!"Kumamoto Prefecture'...
Tokyo giving out free furoshiki to help tourists carry ...
As we’ve covered before, public trash cans are a fairly rare sight throughout Ja...
South Korea hopes for talks between US and North Korea ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea on Monday expressed hopes for resumption ...
Tokyo stocks fall on stalled US-Iran peace talks, risin...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday, with the Nikkei stock index plunging...
Editorial: Heed the Lockheed bribery scandal's lesson a...
It has been 50 years since former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka was indi...
Trump says North Korean leader has responded to his req...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that North Korean ...
News in Easy English: Sapporo couple fight Japan's law ...
SAPPORO -- A lawsuit in Japan about family names after marriage is now at an imp...
Thousands in Indonesia await aid after quake kills 68, ...
REO, Indonesia (AP) -- Thousands of people waited for aid on the Indonesian isla...
