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JR East to operate Japan's 1st hydrogen hybrid train at...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A hydrogen hybrid train will enter service on some lines at the...
Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Sakura Momoko and G...
A facility called "Sakura Momoko and Gujo Hachiman," which introduces the connec...
Student in Japan wins Apple contest prize for music app...
KUMAMOTO -- A Prefectural University of Kumamoto student won a prize in a global...
Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle...
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) -- Trump administration officials told Immigration and Cus...
Fukuoka Pref. reveals $2.08 million spent on governor-l...
FUKUOKA -- The Fukuoka Prefectural Government spent approximately 337 million ye...
Too hot: Buttoned-up Tokyo officials ditch suits for 'c...
On a hot, humid day in Tokyo, metropolitan government official Noboru Watanabe o...
Court rejects Kyoto residents' request to halt Oi nucle...
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A district court on Tuesday rejected a request by residents of ...
Japan enacts law to establish disaster management agency
Japan's parliament has enacted a law to establish a disaster management agency t...
Japan watching 'with concern' U.S. campaign to disable ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is "watching closely with concern" a campaign by its clos...
Editorial: Cool Japan Fund's failure demands gov't reth...
Cool Japan Fund Inc., a public-private fund overseen by the Ministry of Economy,...
Over 1,100 lanterns with children's wishes light up sum...
YAMAGATA -- More than 1,100 lanterns bearing children's wishes are illuminating ...
Neither France nor Spain has trailed at this year's Wor...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Kylian Mbappe and France haven't trailed at all at this...
Japan wood painter who works with timber left by late g...
FUKUOKA -- Wood painter Kento Takeda, 28, who paints on timber left by his late ...
Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as R...
(AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two nationa...
Tokyo stocks drop as Middle East uncertainty fuel oil s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks dropped Tuesday morning as concerns over oil suppl...
Haiku monument by 1st EU president erected in Chiba Pre...
KATSUURA, Chiba -- A monument inscribed with a haiku by Herman Van Rompuy, the E...
