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Easy Japanese news in translation: Pokemon-themed airpo...
Pokemon characters, popular through video games and anime, are supporting areas ...
Japan Diet passes law to revise controversial retrial s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese parliament on Friday passed a revised law that pro...
Over 60% of Japan's sandy beaches at risk of vanishing ...
TOKYO -- Japan's sandy beaches are shrinking. For about 40 years from shortly af...
Only 20% in Japan expect refugees to integrate successf...
Only 20 percent of people in Japan believe that refugees will successfully integ...
Japan sees record share of caregivers, care recipients ...
In a record 37.1 percent of Japanese households providing care at home, both the...
Deer population in Nara Park hits record high
The deer population in Nara Park, a tourist spot in western Japan, hit a fresh r...
Compensation claims for overwork-related deaths, stress...
The number of claims filed for workers' compensation due to causes such as death...
Japan, US, S. Korea uniformed defense chiefs reaffirm u...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The top uniformed defense officers of Japan, the United States ...
Japan ruling parties approve Hokuriku Shinkansen's Obam...
A panel consisting of members from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...
Nikkei briefly falls over 3% on losses of heavyweight c...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index briefly fell over 3 percent Thursday as ...
News in Easy English: Many people protest defense spend...
TOKYO -- Tens of thousands of people joined a protest outside Japan's Diet. They...
Japan's 1st Nobel laureate in medicine Tonegawa dies at 86
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Susumu Tonegawa, Japan's first recipient of the Nobel Priz...
Nikkei falls over 3% in morning on chip losses
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index briefly fell over 3 percent Thursday mor...
The Mainichi News Quiz: Why did Iran let that 1 Japanes...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
Editorial: Japan PM Takaichi should face accountability...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently took part in a party leaders' de...
Nissan aims to regain momentum with launch of redesigne...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co. launched the redesigned Elgrand minivan in Jap...
