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US Postal Service issues stamp featuring origami crane ...
WASHINGTON (Mainichi) -- The United States Postal Service (USPS) on May 27 began...
Japan enacts changes to make childbirth free, raise som...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament on Friday enacted health legislation changes...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Udon soup tap return...
Kagawa Prefecture is so active in making and eating udon that it even calls itse...
Bodies of 34-year-old man, 15-year-old high school girl...
The bodies of a 34-year-old man and a 15-year-old high school girl were found in...
Ohtani fumes through 6 no-hit innings as two-way supers...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani tossed six innings of no-hit ball, gave himsel...
Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash reco...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to...
Tokyo stocks fall as gains locked in, renewed Middle Ea...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, weighed down by investors locking i...
Man indicted over murder of 11-year-old stepson in Kyoto
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A man was indicted Thursday on suspicion of murdering his 11-ye...
The US is a two-time World Cup host. Without Lamar Hunt...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The most enduring memories that Clark and Dan Hunt shar...
Editorial: Ministry order after Okinawa boat accident i...
Following an accident in which two boats capsized off the Henoko district of Nag...
Baseball: Murakami goes long for 3rd straight game to r...
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami homered for the t...
Japan weather alert names unified for flooding, heavy r...
TOKYO -- Operation of a new system of "disaster prevention weather information" ...
Ohtani sparks Dodgers with a leadoff homer, leads 7 hit...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani homered...
Global temperatures expected to stay near record highs ...
GENEVA (Kyodo) -- Global average temperatures are expected to remain near record...
The empathy illusion: Japan expert warns of limits of t...
FUKUOKA -- Police have learned that the case involving Yomiuri Giants pro baseba...
Japanese officials visit Russia to discuss protecting c...
MOSCOW (Kyodo) -- Trade and foreign ministry officials from Japan visited Russia...
