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Regional assembly set to vote by Dec 22 on restarting N...

A regional assembly in Niigata Prefecture on Tuesday began deliberations on whet...

Sankei Shimbun announces it plagiarized 5 articles

TOKYO -- Japanese newspaper company Sankei Shimbun Co. announced Dec. 2 that it ...

Japan news outlets fighting for journalism, democracy i...

TOKYO -- As the use of generative AI search services expands, media organization...

Man arrested for brandishing knife in Tokyo DisneySea h...

CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Chinese man has been arrested for allegedly brandishin...

Russia, China agree to thwart efforts to revive 'Japane...

MOSCOW (Kyodo) -- Russia and China agreed Tuesday to counter any attempts to rev...

Taiwan prosecutors charge Tokyo Electron unit over TSMC...

TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwanese prosecutors on Tuesday charged the Taiwan unit of Ja...

Macron heads to China for talks with Xi on trade ties a...

PARIS (AP) -- Emmanuel Macron heads to China on Wednesday for a three-day state ...

US-Russia talks on Ukraine were productive but work rem...

(AP) -- Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in ...

15-yr-old boy arrested over fatal stabbing attempt in n...

TOKYO -- A 15-year-old boy from the Iwate Prefecture city of Kitakami was arrest...

Auto repair firm near Tokyo accused of faking luxury ve...

TOKYO -- The president of an auto repair company in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, ...

Easy Japanese news in translation: 'National green onio...

The "national green onion summit," where green onion producers gathered to offer...

US-based Perplexity AI expresses 'confusion, regret' in...

TOKYO -- In response to a letter of protest sent by The Mainichi Newspapers Co.,...

China sends another letter to UN chief over Japan PM's ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- China's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday sent anot...

Japan launches nationwide probe after fake job seeker s...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's labor minister said Tuesday the government has launched...

Relatives of victims mark 13th anniversary of Sasago tu...

Relatives of nine victims who died in the collapse of the Sasago tunnel ceiling ...

Japan phases out health insurance cards in switch to My...

Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system that integrates health insurance...