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News in Easy English: Japanese pika get ready for winte...
KAMIKAWA, Hokkaido -- Japanese pika, small animals that live only in high mounta...
Kissinger asked whether US could 'steer' China military...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1974 asked ab...
Tokyo stocks end mixed as weaker yen lifts exporters, t...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as exporters were lifted by a ...
4 in Japan accused of robbing intellectually disabled m...
TOKYO -- Four individuals in Japan have been arrested for allegedly robbing a ma...
Trump officials urge nations to join effort to restrict...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Trump administration pitched several other countries Thursd...
Apple flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza reopens after ren...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Apple Inc.'s flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district ...
Japan PM hopeful Koizumi sorry over requests for positi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a front-runner in the upcoming ...
Japan's real wages in July revised down, fall for 7th s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's real wages fell 0.2 percent in July from a year earlier...
Cockroach found in central Japan school lunch after fly...
ISE, Mie -- A cockroach was found in school lunch at an elementary school in the...
Japan top court rules up to 2.06-fold vote gap in 2024 ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the up to 2.06-fold vot...
Trump says US to impose tariffs on imported drugs, larg...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs Thursday...
Japan says new steps could be taken against Israel over...
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japan will take new steps against Israel if it makes unilate...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Prince Edward visits...
Prince Edward (the Duke of Edinburgh), the younger brother of King Charles III o...
Football: FIFA bans J2 Kofu from registering new player...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- J-League second-tier club Ventforet Kofu have been banned from ...
Gov't-backed agency scraps Africa 'hometown' program af...
The Japanese government-backed aid agency said Thursday that it will scrap its "...
Osaka Expo to allow unused tickets to be swapped for sa...
Unused tickets without admission reservations for the World Exposition in Osaka ...