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SoftBank Group posts 3.17 tril. yen net profit for Apri...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday its net profit jumped nearly...

JR East to boost technical staff after a series of serv...

East Japan Railway Co President Yoichi Kise says the company will hire more tech...

Foreigners account for over 80% of off-course skiers ne...

Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost, coldest, and snowiest prefecture, boasts world-c...

The Mainichi News Quiz: Which little parties won big in...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...

Olympics: 16-yr-olds Shimizu, Kudo lead Japan quartet i...

LIVIGNO, Italy (Kyodo) -- Sixteen-year-olds Sara Shimizu and Rise Kudo led a Jap...

Tokyo stocks mixed after Nikkei hits record high on eco...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Thursday morning as investors locked in...

NATO launches Arctic Sentry military effort in seeking ...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO on Wednesday launched a new military effort dubbed Arctic ...

Japan's main opposition begins 2-horse leader race afte...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's main opposition party the Centrist Reform Alliance on T...

Japan flags over 300 lone offender social media posts d...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese police said Thursday they flagged 336 social media pos...

Olympics: Japan confident ahead of women's curling open...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Kyodo) -- Carrying the confidence of a team that belie...

China envoy in Japan makes 1st public appearance after ...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese Consul General in Osaka Xue Jian attended a Lunar New...

LDP chapter in west Japan criticizes party suggestion o...

WAKAYAMA -- The Wakayama prefectural chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Pa...

People in Japan scammed out of record 324 billion yen i...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- People in Japan were swindled out of a record 324.11 billion ye...

Japanese yen briefly rises to upper 152 vs. dollar as U...

SYDNEY (Kyodo) -- The Japanese yen briefly rose to the upper 152 zone against th...

Swapping seats on Japan’s bullet trains is not allowed,...

Japan is very committed to the idea that it’s important to be considerate to oth...

Japan's oldest man dies at 111

Kiyotaka Mizuno, a 111-year-old in central Japan recognized as the country's old...