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Toyota's new basketball robot wows crowd in Tokyo with ...
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has recently unveiled its new humanoid basketball-pl...
Japan suspends new visas for foreign restaurant workers...
The Japanese government is no longer issuing visas for foreign specified skilled...
Student assault videos expose new face of bullying in J...
A series of viral videos showing students assaulting their peers has triggered p...
Japan to limit power banks on flights to 2 per person f...
The Japanese government will limit the number of power banks that can be brought...
Tokyo stocks rise on tech gains, US-Iran peace talk hopes
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday morning, led by heavyweight technol...
Bessent labels China 'unreliable global partner' during...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- China has been an "unreliable global partner" since the Un...
7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its stores in Nor...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Convenience chain 7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its loc...
Cherry blossoms bloom beside old diesel train on Noto L...
SUZU, Ishikawa -- Cherry blossom trees are in full bloom next to a diesel train ...
Dodgers hand Mets a seventh straight loss, 2-1, as Tuck...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean ...
Japan, S. Korea to launch vice-ministerial foreign, def...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and South Korea plan to launch a vice-ministerial-level f...
Public junior high school for truant children opens in ...
TOKYO -- A school designed to cater to the needs of truant children with flexibl...
Japan to provide $10 billion to Southeast Asia to ease ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has decided to provide a total of $10 billion in financia...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Speed skater Miho Ta...
Speed skater Miho Takagi, 31, held a news conference in Tokyo on April 6, where ...
Editorial: 10 years after Kumamoto quakes, lessons to r...
It is vital to share the lessons learned from major earthquakes and put them to ...
Japan's curbing of greenhouse gas emissions slows in FY...
Japan's pace of reducing greenhouse gas emissions slowed in fiscal 2024 as it ef...
Ex-geisha house among 3 historical buildings transforme...
NIIGATA -- A handful of renovated heritage buildings dotting the Furumachi area ...
