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Technical staff member at Saga police fired for imprope...
SAGA (Kyodo) -- Police in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, said Monday they ...
Japanese university to open school on cosmetics
In a rare move, a national university in southwestern Japan will establish a sch...
N Korean defectors in Japan shed light on life they lef...
A man whose early life in North Korea was so bleak that he was prepared to be sh...
'Swiss sumo' king crowned at triennial folk sport festival
MOLLIS, Switzerland (Kyodo) -- Switzerland crowned its king of wrestling Sunday ...
Tokito Oda completes Golden Slam, Yui Kamiji adds title...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tokito Oda and Yui Kamiji, both of Japan, took home the men's a...
Parents of 10-year-old in Kyoto who spent ¥4.6 million ...
It’s not uncommon for exhausted parents to let their kids play on a smartphone a...
Higher calcium during pregnancy reduces childhood depre...
Higher calcium intake during pregnancy leads to a lower risk of depressive sympt...
Veteran politician Anutin Charnvirakul elected Thai pri...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Veteran Thai politician Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime mi...
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin makes surprise...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a sudde...
Uneasy customer's letter to execs of Japan's Saizeriya ...
TOKYO -- "I don't want to be seen as a complainer, but ..." A 51-year-old Tokyo ...
Japan konnyaku group hopes to boost export amid health ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A recent survey in two major export markets of Japan's konnyaku...
LDP lawmaker once close to Ishiba calls for PM to resign
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Norihisa Tamura, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who belong...
N. Korean defectors in Japan shedding light on life the...
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A man whose early life in North Korea was so bleak that he was ...
Baseball: Yoshinobu Yamamoto misses no-hitter, Dodgers ...
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto ca...
Edging Toward Japan: Yoshida Shigeru's philosophy of wo...
My younger daughter, who is teaching herself elementary Japanese, looked up from...
Japan PM Ishiba to hold press conference from 6 p.m. Su...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold a press confer...
