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Football: Takefusa Kubo voted 2024 player of the year b...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Real Sociedad attacker Takefusa Kubo was named the 2024 player ...
Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki, face of changing Hall of Fame
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ichiro Suzuki, who becomes eligible next year for induction int...
Japan PM warned US of China's arms buildup in 1993 summ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan warned the United States in 1993 about China's potential ...
Japan police to intensify crackdowns on malicious 'host...
TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their cra...
Chinese man indicted over stabbing of Japanese family, ...
SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- A man detained over a June knife attack in Suzhou near Shang...
Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital while t...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targete...
Ex-Olympus CEO Kaufmann gets suspended term for buying ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Friday sentenced former Olympus Corp. CEO S...
Editorial: Japan pension reform must boost sustainabili...
For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it...
Japan PM Ishiba to visit Malaysia, Indonesia from Jan. ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit Malaysia and ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Dried cod made in th...
In the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, people are making the specialty bodara. Fresh...
Korean school in Japan raises money for water pump thro...
WAKAYAMA -- A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan cit...
Football: Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate score for Celtic in ...
LONDON (Kyodo) -- Japan men's national football team players Daizen Maeda and Re...
Influenza cases soar in Tokyo
The number of influenza patients reported in Tokyo in the week ending Dec 22 has...
Not sending greeting cards top choice for budgeting dur...
TOKYO -- Not sending New Year's greeting cards is the most common option for peo...
Haiku in English: Dec. 27, 2024
starry night ...only the two of usand our smiles--Rosa Maria Di Salvatore (Catan...
2024 Rewind: Can Japan transform into a legitimate immi...
As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing...