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Japan gov't counters Rakuten's lawsuit over ban on poin...
TOKYO -- In the Sept. 16 first hearing of a lawsuit filed by Rakuten Group Inc. ...
Japan unlikely to recognize Palestinian state: sources
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is unlikely to recognize Palestinian statehood for now, g...
Ex-Fuji TV executive admits to habitual online casino g...
TOKYO -- A former planning manager fired from Fuji Television Network Inc.'s var...
JAL to impose pay cuts on 37 executives after pilot dri...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan Airlines Co. said Wednesday that it will cut the pay of 3...
Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military migh...
(AP) -- A swarm of Russian drones flies into Poland in what officials there rega...
After Ohtani pitches 5 hitless innings, Marchon's 3-run...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After Shohei Ohtani pitched five hitless innings for the Los...
Japan auto body urges gov't to continue talks with US t...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The head of Japan's auto industry body on Wednesday called on t...
Suspect in 2024 McDonald's stabbings in Japan had 'dimi...
KITAKYUSHU -- The suspect in the December 2024 stabbings at a McDonald's outlet ...
King Charles III prepares to welcome Trump for historic...
WINDSOR, England (AP) -- It's the sort of experience you just can't buy.The carr...
Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed shoa...
BEIJING (AP) -- China's coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ra...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Wheelchair basketbal...
The "Rindo cup wheelchair basketball west Japan tournament" was held in the city...
Major communications failure hits western Japan, disrup...
A major communications failure at NTT West disrupted services in parts of wester...
Editorial: Japan's regions must get residents involved ...
The 80 years since the end of World War II has seen a steady concentration of Ja...
Man in 70s killed as motorbike rear-ended in pileup in ...
A man in his 70s was killed Monday evening when his motorbike was rear-ended in ...
Discarded chemical weapons materials from war torment r...
At the beginning of 2002, unusual symptoms appeared in Ryuji, a 6-month-old boy ...
Steam train carrying 200 people breaks down in Japan's ...
YAMAGUCHI -- The steam locomotive "SL Yamaguchi" carrying some 200 passengers ro...
