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Hokkaido boat firm head's defense pleads not guilty ove...

KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The defense counsel for the president of a tourist boa...

Osaka Metro reports record profits through Sept. after ...

OSAKA -- Osaka Metro Co. on Nov. 11 reported record profits for the first half o...

Russia extends entry ban to 30 more Japanese in retalia...

MOSCOW (Kyodo) -- Russia said Tuesday it has decided to extend its indefinite en...

Editorial: Arrest of NHK Party leader in Japan a remind...

Takashi Tachibana, leader of the NHK Party, a political group in Japan, has been...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Work begins to prote...

At Kenroku-en, a famous garden in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, "yu...

Vehicle collisions with bears surge to record high in A...

Vehicle collisions involving bears in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, surg...

Removal of trash cans at expressway parking areas in 4 ...

NAGOYA -- Central Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO Central)'s Nagoya Regional Head O...

Tokyo stocks end mixed amid caution ahead of SoftBank G...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks trimmed earlier gains and ended mixed Tuesday as i...

UNESCO to add 6 items to pre-inscribed intangible herit...

An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended six items from Japan be added under ...

Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in Akira Kurosawa's 'Kagem...

Tatsuya Nakadai, a leading actor in contemporary Japan who was active on the fro...

Genital appearance rule for gender change may be uncons...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese high court ruled in a recent case that the requireme...

Japan thanks Jordan for helping evacuate citizens from ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Monday conveyed to Jordan'...

Sony ups FY 2025 profit outlook on blockbuster 'Demon S...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sony Group Corp. lifted Tuesday its net profit forecast for the...

SoftBank Group April-Sept. net profit nearly triples on...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. said Tuesday its net profit nearly tripled...

Editorial: Japan PM's remarks on Taiwan contingency rec...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated at a recent House of Representativ...

Tokyo stocks climb in morning on Wall Street advances

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks climbed Tuesday morning, lifted by overnight gains...