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Crowdfunding brings 100 mil. yen to cash-strapped Japan...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The cash-strapped Centrist Reform Alliance, Japan's main opposi...
Memorial service for WWII 'Himeyuri' student nurses hel...
ITOMAN, Okinawa -- A memorial service was held here on June 23 for the 136 teena...
Football: Tanaka wary of Sweden threat as Kubo stays si...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Kyodo) -- Japan midfielder Ao Tanaka on Tuesday warned his...
Kyoto Pref., Luup roll out GPS-based e-scooter shutdown...
KYOTO -- Electric scooters operated by Luup Inc. will now automatically stop if ...
Japanese company worker detained in China, possibly ove...
TOKYO/BEIJING (Kyodo) -- A Japanese employee of a major heavy electric machinery...
N. Korea commissions new destroyer, plans to build 2 wa...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea has commissioned a new 5,000-ton destroyer, with ...
Married man ordered to pay 4.7 million yen for deceivin...
TOKYO -- A court in the Japanese capital ordered a man to pay approximately 4.7 ...
Editorial: Preparing for Tokyo's next major quake is ev...
A massive earthquake could strike in Japan at any time. We need to strengthen ou...
Easy Japanese news in translation: 2 Tsushima leopard c...
Two Tsushima leopard cat kittens have been rescued along a national road in the ...
China drives Japan's 2025 visa issuance to 2nd-highest ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan issued the second-highest number of visas on record in 20...
Osaka Pref. school deems rugby choking incident serious...
HIRAKATA, Osaka -- Tokai University Osaka Gyosei High School said it classified ...
Nissan shareholders vote down outside director reappoin...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co.'s proposal to reappoint an external board memb...
Tokyo stocks plunge, Nikkei ends below 70,000, on overh...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks plunged Tuesday, with the Nikkei stock index endin...
Okinawa marks 81 years since end of WWII ground battle
Okinawa on Tuesday marked 81 years since the end of a fierce World War II ground...
Uniqlo operator's foundation launches scholarship progr...
TOKYO -- Fast Retailing Foundation, established by Fast Retailing Co., the opera...
A plan to sell artifacts from the Titanic faces US gove...
(AP) -- A plan to auction more than 100 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of ...
