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Growth strategies needed to realize pay hikes pledged b...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Wage hikes to help tackle rising prices have become a key topic...
Toyota global sales up 2.2% in Aug. on solid US demand
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its global sales in August rose ...
Outgoing Japan PM Ishiba to visit S. Korea to showcase ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will travel to ...
What happens to the animals after a zoo in Japan closes?
SAPPORO -- The private North Safari Sapporo, established in this northern Japan ...
Central Japan city adopts academic check proposed by ma...
ITO, Shizuoka -- The mayor of this central Japan city revealed Sept. 29 that, at...
Foreigners in Japan with skilled visa hits record high
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's immigration agency said Tuesday that the number of fore...
US says Japan still not doing enough to combat human tr...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japan has been making "significant efforts" toward meeting...
Editorial: Statistical accuracy vital in tackling chall...
The national census, conducted every five years, is underway in Japan. It provid...
Sapporo urges caution after spate of bear sightings nea...
SAPPORO -- Repeated sightings of brown bears near a residential area in this nor...
Driver killed, 9 kindergarten children injured in car c...
A van carrying kindergartners on Monday crashed into a residential property in C...
What to watch during MLB's best-of-three Wild Card Seri...
PHOENIX (AP) -- Major League Baseball's postseason has delivered some spicy matc...
Japan expresses regret as UN sanctions on Iran reimposed
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Sunday expressed regret as U.N. sanctions over Iran's ...
Demolition site fire burns at Tokyo's Haneda airport, f...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A fire broke out Monday at a demolition site near Tokyo's Haned...
Osaka expo visitors reach 22.21 million, surpassing 200...
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The number of general visitors to the ongoing World Exposition ...
Driver killed, 9 kindergartners injured in car crash ne...
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A van carrying kindergartners on Monday crashed into a r...
Sumo: Autumn champion Onosato says win as yokozuna 'fee...
AMI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament champion Onosato on Monday sa...
