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Ocean activist dodging Japanese arrest vows to take on ...

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a ...

Japan athlete on mission to broaden appeal of orienteer...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yuka Tsuji, who can barely hear anything in everyday life, hope...

Japan expands bear control measures, facilitates hiring...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Friday beefed up existing measures a...

3 Japanese-Filipinos born in WWII denied request for Ja...

NAHA (Kyodo) -- Three Japanese-Filipinos left in the Philippines after the death...

US warns Americans to avoid areas affected by bear atta...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. government has warned its citizens who are in Japan to...

Japan to set up new command body to tackle population d...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to establish a new organization p...

Baseball: Dodgers two-way superstar Ohtani wins 3rd str...

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was a...

China summons Japanese ambassador over PM Takaichi's re...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China has summoned the Japanese ambassador in Beijing and dem...

BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but s...

LONDON (AP) -- The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a...

US proposal at the UN for Gaza stabilization force face...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for a...

Mother suspected of murder after daughter's body found ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A mother was sent to prosecutors Friday on a murder c...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Dried persimmon seas...

As autumn nears its end, "hoshigaki" (or "tsurushigaki") dried persimmons, which...

Japan, Fiji leaders agree to strengthen ties in securit...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Fijian counterpart Sitive...

Japan's 'muscle girls' look to crush norms of willowy b...

A dozen women in sports bras and tight shorts stood behind a U-shaped counter at...

3 Japanese-Filipinos born during WWII denied request fo...

Three Japanese-Filipinos left in the Philippines after the death or forced repat...

Japan to revise ecotourism policy amid overtourism conc...

Japan's Environment Ministry has unveiled a draft revision to its ecotourism pol...