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Tokyo court nixes suit by elite girls' school over high...
TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court on May 18 dismissed a lawsuit filed by the edu...
G7 agree to compile measures against AI-assisted cybera...
PARIS (Kyodo) -- Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven a...
A strong quake in south China kills 2 and triggers evac...
BEIJING (AP) -- A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck south China's Guangxi region e...
Japan economy grows annualized real 2.1% in Jan.-March ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's economy grew an annualized real 2.1 percent in the Janu...
Protesters march against 3rd referendum on Osaka metrop...
OSAKA -- A civil demonstration to protest against moves to call a third referend...
Baseball: Yamamoto charged with loss as Dodgers edged b...
SAN DIEGO, California (Kyodo) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto was charged with the loss de...
Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also s...
BEIJING (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to China to meet w...
Golf: Matsuyama's short game comes undone in PGA Champi...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania (Kyodo) -- Japan's Hideki Matsuyama carded seven bo...
Tokyo stocks, bonds, yen slump as high oil prices fuel ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Monday alongside the yen and government bonds...
'Crayon Shin-chan' park planned at former city hall sit...
KASUKABE, Saitama -- A park themed on the popular anime "Crayon Shin-chan" is be...
Fukuoka-based bank admits expanded data leak from emplo...
FUKUOKA -- The names of eight bank customers were exposed when a bank employee p...
Japan prefecture's tip line for illegal foreign employm...
MITO -- Eastern Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on May 11 launched a reward program t...
Ukraine conducts large-scale drone strikes on Russia, k...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- One of Ukraine's largest drone strikes on Russia killed at...
Japan PM says to mull extra budget for FY 2026 to ease ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday her government will c...
2 men arrested over trespassing incident at enclosure o...
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Two men claiming to be U.S. nationals have been arrested...
Editorial: One-way communication won't allow those in p...
If those in power turn a blind eye to the facts and are constantly allowed to re...
