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Survey reveals lack of awareness about 'net attendance'...

TOKYO -- Over 60% of children who refused to attend school are unaware of a syst...

10 sent to hospital after car crashes into school bus i...

Ten people including children were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a...

Japan resumes seafood exports to China 2 years after Fu...

Japan announced Friday that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time ...

'Myaku-Myaku,' 'kokokomai' among nominees for Japan's 2...

TOKYO -- "Myaku-Myaku" -- the popular Osaka Expo mascot -- "Trump tariffs" and "...

Driver who caused multicar collision in west Japan was ...

KAKOGAWA, Hyogo -- The driver of the car that caused a multicar collision in the...

Nikkei stock index down over 2%, below 50,000 on weak t...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks plunged Friday morning, with the Nikkei index slid...

At UN climate summit, world leaders say time is running...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) -- World leaders warned Thursday that time is running short f...

Trump hosts Central Asian leaders as US seeks to get ar...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump hosted leaders of five Central Asian c...

OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people t...

(AP) -- OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide...

Japan resumes seafood exports to China after Beijing ea...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has resumed seafood shipments to China for the first time...

Parachute inspired by traditional Japanese paper art co...

TOKYO -- A parachute devised using techniques from Japan's traditional paper art...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Pokemon-themed park ...

A park featuring the Pokemon character "Lapras" opened in the town of Rifu, Miya...

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korea launched a ballistic missile Friday that apparently...

Tokyo stocks rebound on dip-buying after recent plunges

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday, with the Nikkei index briefly ...

Editorial: Japan mayor ousted after academic fraud accu...

The Ito city assembly in Shizuoka Prefecture has passed a second no-confidence r...

Japanese police amend rules to allow officers to use ri...

Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday amended rules to allow police officer...