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Investment money pours into Osaka 'minpaku street,' rai...

OSAKA -- On a street in Osaka's Nishinari Ward stands a row of 19 new houses, th...

Controversial Japan political party leader arrested ove...

KOBE (Kyodo) -- Takashi Tachibana, the leader of a Japanese political party know...

Japan gov't to include rice vouchers in upcoming econom...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government has decided to include the use of rice ...

Japan's NTT Docomo develops tech to quantify physical, ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's mobile carrier NTT Docomo Inc. has developed a system t...

Huge Godzilla installation to see off travelers at Toky...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Travelers leaving Tokyo to take international flights will be w...

Bear attacks in northeastern Japan deflate tourism amid...

A steady stream of bear attacks in northeastern Japan is turning some tourists a...

Trial of puncture-proof airless Bridgestone bus tire st...

A trial of new puncture-proof airless tires developed by Bridgestone Corp began ...

Born barely alive, Japan's Aoyama runs for Deaflympic m...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Born with almost no signs of life, Takuro Aoyama is determined ...

Public safety chief apologizes for telling reporter he ...

Japan's public safety chief apologized Friday after a weekly magazine reported t...

Drones take flight in Japan's disaster efforts

Japan is turning to drones to issue evacuation calls during natural disasters su...

32-year-old police sergeant apparently commits suicide ...

A 32-year-old police sergeant apparently committed suicide by shooting himself w...

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape o...

(AP) -- James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of D...

Japan's Motegi to attend G7 foreign ministerial meeting...

TOKYO (Kyodo)-- Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday that he ...

Half of students in Japan don't read books, 1.5-fold in...

TOKYO -- Roughly half of children in elementary, junior high and high schools in...

Japan's Mie Pref. to install free sanitary pads at rest...

TSU -- The Mie Prefectural Government is set to install menstrual pads in a rest...

Multiple explosions shake a mosque in an Indonesian hig...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian authorities said Friday they have identifi...