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Niigata Prefecture announced on Sunday that a suspected case of highly pathogeni...

Meet your match? Spot the difference #173: Fish on!

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple:...

Retro Japan: Univ. library in Osaka Pref. combines prew...

SUITA, Osaka -- A university library here combines a prewar Gothic building and ...

Hiroshima seeks to diversify tourism beyond 2 famous Wo...

HIROSHIMA -- A total of 64.74 million tourists including 4.22 million from overs...

Edging Toward Japan: Japan, too, knows all about violen...

The week before the shocking death of the conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, ...

Figure skating: Majestic Sakamoto retains NHK Trophy, K...

KADOMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kaori Sakamoto put in a masterful performance t...

Investment money pours into Osaka 'minpaku street,' rai...

OSAKA -- On a street in Osaka's Nishinari Ward stands a row of 19 new houses, th...

Controversial Japan political party leader arrested ove...

KOBE (Kyodo) -- Takashi Tachibana, the leader of a Japanese political party know...

Japan gov't to include rice vouchers in upcoming econom...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government has decided to include the use of rice ...

Japan's NTT Docomo develops tech to quantify physical, ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's mobile carrier NTT Docomo Inc. has developed a system t...

Huge Godzilla installation to see off travelers at Toky...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Travelers leaving Tokyo to take international flights will be w...

Bear attacks in northeastern Japan deflate tourism amid...

A steady stream of bear attacks in northeastern Japan is turning some tourists a...

Trial of puncture-proof airless Bridgestone bus tire st...

A trial of new puncture-proof airless tires developed by Bridgestone Corp began ...

Born barely alive, Japan's Aoyama runs for Deaflympic m...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Born with almost no signs of life, Takuro Aoyama is determined ...

Public safety chief apologizes for telling reporter he ...

Japan's public safety chief apologized Friday after a weekly magazine reported t...

Drones take flight in Japan's disaster efforts

Japan is turning to drones to issue evacuation calls during natural disasters su...