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Ohtani's lawyers claim he was victim of likeness misuse...
HONOLULU (AP) -- Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his agent, Nez Balel...
Brewer eyes global sales boost using popular Japanese s...
YAMAGUCHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- The brewer of popular Japanese sake Dassai recently ...
Japan local gov'ts urged to boost oversight of illegal ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's health ministry urged local governments to tighten over...
US, South Korea and Japan open joint air and naval exer...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The United States, South Korea and Japan opened an ai...
Japan's foreign minister cautious on Palestinian stateh...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Sunday that recogn...
Pope honors 21st century martyrs: Christians killed by ...
ROME (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV on Sunday honored hundreds of Christians who have been...
Utah governor says the motive in Kirk shooting is not y...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shoo...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Harvest season for c...
Sweet and fragrant "Misato Chestnuts," a specialty of the town of Misato, Miyaza...
Editorial: Japan is not Washington's wallet to be pluck...
The latest trade agreement between Japan and the United States is so one-sided t...
Share of population aged 65 or older hits record high 2...
The share of Japan's population aged 65 or older reached a record 29.4 percent, ...
Japan to close education centers in Russia amid straine...
The Japanese government has decided to close all its Tokyo-funded education cent...
City employee in Osaka Prefecture suspended and demoted...
A lot of people have a preconception of Japan as a highly rigid society, where e...
Japan's toy market boosted by robust adult demand amid ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The toy market in Japan is on an upward trend despite the count...
Sanseito local assembly member in Japan's Okinawa says ...
NAHA (Kyodo) -- A local assembly member from the populist Sanseito party said tr...
Athletics: Olympic, world champion Lyles 'bringing spec...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Reigning Olympic and world champion Noah Lyles said he was in "...
German animal protection group hands in petition to sto...
BERLIN (Kyodo) -- An animal protection group in Germany submitted a petition bea...
