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European countries battle multiple wildfires as record ...
PARIS (AP) -- Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday...
North Korea threatens to exercise self-defense as it sl...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Friday threatened to exercise its righ...
A look at the history and beliefs behind Japan’s contro...
Emperor Meiji first visited the site that would become one of Japan’s most contr...
Crown Prince Akishino says he has 'mixed feelings' abou...
Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, on Thursday said...
Yoroku: Revival of Japan's romantic night trains needs ...
Night trains were once a familiar part of everyday life in Japan. They carried n...
Editorial: Putin's visit to the Northern Territories fu...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Northern Territories -- a group...
Rescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as w...
CALI, Colombia (AP) -- With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia...
Mainichi reporter stranded 7 hours on flooded roads aft...
CHIBA -- This 27-year-old Mainichi Shimbun reporter spent seven hours stranded o...
Flooding in Chiba Pref. near Tokyo leaves 6 dead, paral...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Six people died as heavy rain pounded eastern Japan on Thursday...
UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest...
LONDON (AP) -- Firefighters were tackling multiple fires in central England on T...
Torrential rain in Japan's Chiba Pref. prompts warnings...
During the record rainfall across Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 13 to 14, many vehicl...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Toy cars welcome anc...
In part of the town of Yuza in Yamagata Prefecture, a local custom is getting un...
High airfares, scams weigh on Cambodia's Angkor tourism
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Kyodo) -- Foreign visitors to Cambodia's northwestern Siem...
Baseball: Sasaki throws 6 innings of 2-run ball in Dodg...
LOA ANGELS (Kyodo) -- Roki Sasaki pitched six innings of two-run ball as the Los...
25% of Japan museums mull disposing of war materials am...
A quarter of 62 museums and facilities in Japan storing materials related to the...
Flooding in Chiba Prefecture leaves 6 dead, paralyzes t...
Six people died as heavy rain pounded eastern Japan on Thursday and early Friday...
