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Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 peop...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on In...

Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant

Japan took the final step to allow the restart the world's largest nuclear power...

Program offers exhausted mothers rare chance to rest

A newborn baby was found dead in the snow in Shiogama earlier this year, shockin...

Japan 10-year gov't bond yield hits 2.1%, highest since...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond rose to ...

How much damage would a major Tokyo quake cause across ...

A new damage projection for a magnitude 7-class "capital region earthquake" in T...

Japan to respond to yen's excessive' moves after plunge...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will take "appropriate steps against excessive moves" in ...

Japanese H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite i...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-or...

Hiroshima urges Japan gov't maintain no-nuke policy in ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Hiroshima prefectural assembly on Monday unanimously ad...

Tottori Pref. ordinance lets governor order removal of ...

TOTTORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A revised ordinance was enacted Monday in the western ...

Over 70% of lethal 'toy guns' still uncollected in Japa...

MATSUYAMA -- Police in Japan's Shikoku region have reported that between 70% and...

Ski jumping: Kobayashi up to 6th on all-time World Cup ...

ENGELBERG, Switzerland (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi racked up his 37th vic...

Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Bear' selected as k...

The kanji of the year, a single character representing this year's key feature, ...

Southeast Asian ministers meet in Malaysia to address T...

BANGKOK (AP) -- Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Monday in the Malaysi...

Man found dead near wild boar trap with bear in it in M...

An 89-year-old man was found collapsed in a mountain forest in Taiwa town, Miyag...

What to do when you receive New Year's greeting cards i...

TOKYO -- More people in Japan are stepping away from the tradition of sending Ne...

Meet your match? Spot the difference #178: Christmas

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple:...