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News in Easy English: Violinist in Nara becomes curry c...
NARA -- Akio Nozawa, 36, is a violinist in Nara. He also leads an orchestra. But...
Fed extends rate pause amid inflation woes, Powell to s...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark i...
USS Ford aircraft carrier will be heading home after re...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford,...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What's causing sticker shock am...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
Baseball: Sugano earns 3rd win as Rockies rout Reds
TORONTO (Kyodo) -- Tomoyuki Sugano earned his third win of the season as the Col...
Tokyo stocks, yen hurt by surging oil, Middle East conc...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell and the yen was soft against the U.S. dollar ...
Middle East conflict dampens Japan industrial output in...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industrial output in March edged down 0.5 percent from ...
JAL reports highest sales of 2.01 trillion yen in FY 20...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday its revenue rose 9.1 percent f...
Hegseth faces a second day of Democrats grilling him ov...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a second day of gril...
Actor Ken Matsudaira performs signature samba dance in ...
YOKOHAMA -- Actor Ken Matsudaira performed "Matsuken Samba II" from a platform 1...
Mountain find leads to forgotten WWII crash; links U.S....
A chance discovery of a metal fragment on a mountainside in southwestern Japan l...
Tanker operated by Idemitsu Kosan passes through Strait...
A tanker operated by a subsidiary of Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co tran...
Japan surname rule spurs matchmaking events for same-na...
Japan is widely regarded as the only country that requires married couples to sh...
Suspect at large after attacking boy, spraying 3 police...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A man who barricaded himself inside his home in Tokyo after all...
Taiwan eyes receiving Okinawa island patients in disasters
Taiwan is exploring the possibility of receiving patients from remote Okinawan i...
TEPCO mulls issuing veto-rights share in alliance expan...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is considering issui...
