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Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kon...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions abo...

Hungary's Orban seeks more Russian oil and gas at Kreml...

(AP) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with Russian President ...

Ski jumping: Flying Maruyama captures 3rd straight Worl...

FALUN, Sweden (Kyodo) -- Japan's Nozomi Maruyama continued her perfect start in ...

Death toll from floods in Thailand reaches 145 as reced...

BANGKOK (AP) -- The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at...

Finish homework and get free juice: Kobe cafe welcomes ...

KOBE -- A local coffee shop here has opened its doors to children as a place to ...

Kyoto Univ. graduate student commercializes liquor from...

ITO, Shizuoka -- A Kyoto University graduate student's startup company has launc...

Football: Shimizu manager Akiba to leave at end of season

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shimizu S-Pulse manager Tadahiro Akiba is stepping down at the ...

Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in Syria raid, o...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire w...

ANA cancels 95 domestic flights due to Airbus software ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All Nippon Airways Co. said Saturday that it has canceled 95 of...

Paris prosecutor says arrested man is thought to be 4th...

PARIS (AP) -- A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be...

Landfill work gets underway for U.S. base transfer with...

Work began Friday to dump landfill into Okinawa's Oura Bay, a critical step in r...

Percentage of Japanese who see ties with U.S. as 'good'...

The percentage of Japanese who perceived the country's relations with the United...

Ainu remains to be returned to Japan by London's Natura...

The remains of five Ainu people will be returned to Japan by London's Natural Hi...

Imperial Palace in Tokyo opens section for public to vi...

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo opened its Inui Street to the public for fall folia...

Nikkei stock index rises for 4th day as US rate cut hop...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended higher for the fourth straight day...

Up to 70% of toilets out of order at Haneda airport's T...

Up to 70 percent of toilets were out of order and not flushing in Terminal 2 at ...