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Tokyo stocks slip on profit-taking over Middle East unc...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday as profit-taking kicked in after a r...

Japan starts release of state-held oil to stabilize sup...

The Japanese government on Thursday started releasing state-held oil to stabiliz...

Editorial: Japan PM must present path to diplomatic sol...

What efforts will Japan make toward calming the Middle East crisis? The path to ...

11 Japan railway operators start offering contactless p...

Eleven railway operators in Tokyo and its vicinity on Wednesday began allowing p...

High court overturns school decertification in student ...

A high court on Wednesday overturned a central government decision to decertify ...

News in Easy English: Man in Japan started learning man...

TOKYO -- Many people think you must start learning a foreign language when you a...

The Mainichi News Quiz: Chinese tourist numbers to Japa...

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

Japan starts release of state-held oil to stabilize sup...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Thursday started releasing state-hel...

Ex-abductee voices hope Japan PM will make progress on ...

TOTTORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Japanese man held by North Korea for more than two d...

Pop Mart shares sink despite revenue surge, as analysts...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Labubu doll maker Pop Mart's shares sank nearly 23% on Wednesd...

Survivors of US wartime incarceration speak through int...

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- The Japanese American National Museum has unveiled an int...

GSDF officer sent to prosecutors over entry into Chines...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A 23-year-old second lieutenant in Japan's Ground Self-Defense ...

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan...

Osaka weather observatory announces cherry blossoms blo...

OSAKA -- Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms have started flowering here, the Japan Me...

Japanese-Filipino left in Philippines post-WWII seeks J...

TOTTORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A 95-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman left in the Phil...

Nappy days: Dirty diapers reused in Japan recycling bre...

Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan -- more f...