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Taiwan's Lai vows stronger defenses, slams China after ...
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- President Lai Ching-te vowed in his New Year's address on Thur...
Japan's 18-year-olds total about 1.09 mil, same as last...
As Japan enters 2026, the number of 18-year-olds in Japan is estimated to be 1.0...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Children enjoy citru...
The winter solstice is the shortest daylight of the year. There is a tradition o...
Over 80% of facilities for disabled face labor shortage...
Over 80 percent of facilities for people with disabilities in Japan are facing l...
Japan to greet New Year with ‘Kohaku,’ shrine visits an...
Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their fam...
A forgotten chapter: The stories of Allied POWs in Naga...
Hundreds of prisoners of war from Allied countries were held at brutal Japanese ...
Bears delaying hibernation due to food access in reside...
Bears that have learned to find food in residential areas tend to delay hibernat...
5-year-old boy trapped in ski resort walkway died of su...
A 5-year-old boy who died after getting trapped in a moving walkway at a ski res...
How will Japan's gov't improve management of foreign-ow...
To manage property ownership by foreign nationals, the Japanese government is ma...
2025 Rewind: Energetic 'seniors' in Japan prove age is ...
In 2025, Japan had an estimated 36.19 million "elderly people," defined in the c...
Japan police develop AI system to make quick investigat...
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japanese police and a university in Aichi Prefecture, along wi...
Manga artist Eguchi regrets using woman's photograph wi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese manga artist and illustrator Hisashi Eguchi on Tuesday...
Tokyo stocks to test new highs in 2026 with looming ris...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks are likely to maintain their upward momentum to te...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanita...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen hu...
Thieves drill into a German bank vault and steal tens o...
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of ...
N. Korea may pursue active diplomacy after ruling party...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Emerging from years of isolation, North Korea may pursue acti...
