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Japan says China will resume Japanese seafood imports
China will resume Japanese seafood imports that it banned in 2023 over worries a...
Japan Diet begins debate on dual surname bill for 1st t...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament on Friday began its first deliberations in 2...
The Mainichi News Quiz: Young, and planning their funeral?
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What happens to Trump's tariffs now that a court has kn...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unli...
Japan's April industrial output falls 0.9%, 1st drop in...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industrial output in April fell 0.9 percent from the pr...
The US academic partnership with China, under strain fo...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Frayed by tariff wars and political battles, the academic tie...
Sumo: JSA to discuss future of ex-yokozuna Hakuho's tro...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Sumo Association will hold an extraordinary board mee...
Core consumer prices in Tokyo rise at fastest pace in o...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a...
'American and Japanese rice farmers can join forces': U...
TOKYO -- U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in Apri...
China agrees to begin steps to resume Japanese seafood ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's government said Friday that China has agreed to begin p...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Traditional horsebac...
"Soma Nomaoi," a traditional event in the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture wi...
Capsule bedrooms, transport tunnels: Kids offer disaste...
OSAKA -- From floating houses to transport tunnels, 10 elementary school student...
Japan to renovate aging sewage pipes by FY2030 after si...
The Japanese government has decided to complete the renovation of relatively lar...
Nagoya pays people to stand on escalators for six hours...
Just standing around doing nothing at work is often a good way o get yourself fi...
500 Japanese, Chinese university students take part in ...
About 500 Japanese and Chinese college students took part in an exchange event T...
Nikkei index surges to 3-month high as US tariff ruling...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index climbed sharply Thursday to close at a t...