UPDATES
Heavy rain forecast for Tokyo, typhoon likely to form s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Torrential rain is forecast for Tokyo and the surrounding prefe...
Taiwanese int'l students accepted as train staff in int...
TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- For nearly a year, Taiwanese students Lin Yan-ting and Wang...
China displays its military strength in a parade on the...
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping, speaking before a military parade to ...
Indonesia leader leaves for China after canceling trip ...
JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto departed for China on T...
Tokyo stocks drop on Wall St. falls, Japan political un...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks dropped Wednesday morning, weighed down by an over...
BOJ chief Ueda says he met with PM Ishiba to discuss fo...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday that he met wi...
Emu on the loose in east Japan city; police urge caution
MITO -- A resident in the city of Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, discovered that on...
Japan actor Hiroya Shimizu arrested for alleged marijua...
TOKYO -- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested actor Hiroya Shimizu ...
Japan watching China's moves "with interest" at 80th an...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Wednesday it is paying attention t...
Japanese youth messengers for peace petition against nu...
A group of Japanese high school students on Tuesday submitted to the United Nati...
Japan allocates ¥53 bil in recovery aid for quake-hit N...
The Japanese government said Tuesday it is allocating some 52.9 billion yen in r...
Okinawa unveils draft ordinance on fixed-rate accommoda...
The Okinawa prefectural government on Tuesday unveiled a draft ordinance for a 2...
Yen slips to 148 vs. dollar on BOJ deputy chief's dovis...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The yen weakened to the 148 level against the U.S. dollar in To...
Japan LDP's No. 2 Moriyama vows to resign over election...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Hiroshi Moriyama on Tuesday vowed to step down as secretary gen...
Japan hospital gave 500 times proper drug dose to elder...
KITAKYUSHU -- A patient in her 90s was administered some 500 times the appropria...
Editorial: 80 yrs after surrender, Japan must redouble ...
"Over this spot on 2 September 1945, the instrument of formal surrender of Japan...
