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Workplace injuries, deaths of foreigners in Japan top 6...

The number of foreign workers in Japan injured or killed in work-related acciden...

Japan sees largest-ever fall in number of independent f...

The number of self-employed farmworkers in Japan tumbled 25.1 percent in 2025 fr...

Half of Japan local court branches have 1 female lawyer...

About half of Japan's district court branches have one or fewer female lawyers i...

Crown prince turns 60; hopes for peace 80 years on from...

Crown Prince Fumihito, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, said ahead of hi...

Retro Japan: Ex-main building of Kyoto Prefectural Gov'...

KYOTO -- The Renaissance-style former main building of the Kyoto Prefectural Gov...

Japan insurer offers product to cover lost profits due ...

A Japanese insurance company will begin selling a product for tourist businesses...

Grounded ANA Airbus planes back in service after softwa...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All Nippon Airways Co. said Sunday that Airbus SE aircraft grou...

Japanese 'One Piece' singer stopped mid-performance in ...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- A Japanese singer whose songs feature in the popular anime "O...

Japan's crown prince turns 60, hopes for peace 80 yrs o...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Crown Prince Fumihito, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito,...

Net influx of foreign residents in Japan to Tokyo hit r...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreigners resident in Japan who moved to the Tok...

4 dead and 10 wounded in shooting at banquet hall in St...

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting du...

Luminous flowers 'bloom' at illumination event in Japan...

SAGAE, Yamagata -- An illumination event has begun at a park in this northeast J...

Hong Kong mourns as deadly fire claims 128 lives and sp...

HONG KONG (AP) -- A steady stream of people placed bouquets of white roses, carn...

Thousands in Philippines protest corruption and demand ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators including from the Roman ...

Fire breaks out at Kyoto Pontocho restaurant alley, no ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A fire that broke out at a restaurant in Kyoto's busy Pontocho ...