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Japan conducted intervention to stem yen's fall against...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market on Thurs...
Tokyo Fire Department warns of rising heatstroke risk, ...
TOKYO -- The Tokyo Fire Department is urging residents to take early precautions...
Tokyo stocks mixed in morning on tech gains, yen's surg...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Friday morning, with gains by some heav...
Beijing bans drone sales to tighten security in capital
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Beijing on Friday implemented a ban on drone sales and leases...
Japan's Kanuma offers race car as return gift for $200,...
KANUMA, Tochigi -- This eastern Japan city has added a domestically made, entry-...
Tennis: Japan tennis icon Kei Nishikori announces retir...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japanese tennis icon and former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori sa...
Trump administration says its war in Iran has been 'ter...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has ...
Nissan to scrap US EV production plan amid slowing demand
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co. said Friday it will scrap its plan to produce ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Murakami reaches 10 ...
On April 22, Munetaka Murakami, a 26-year-old player for the Chicago White Sox i...
Mountain festival marks spring arrival high above Tokyo
A centuries-old festival that heralds spring drew hundreds of worshippers to a m...
Japan parliamentary group eyes S. Korea trip in mid-May...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The new head of a bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers promot...
Editorial: Wildfire in Japan's Iwate Pref. must be put ...
Every effort must be made to quickly extinguish the wildfire in northeast Japan'...
Fed extends rate pause amid inflation woes, Powell to s...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark i...
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...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What's causing sticker shock am...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
USS Ford aircraft carrier will be heading home after re...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford,...
