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Tokyo stocks fall, Japan gov't bond hits over 27-year h...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Monday, while the benchmark 10-year Japanese ...

Ex-day-service worker held over sexual abuse of 5-yr-ol...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A former day-service worker for disabled children has been arre...

Japan's job transfer system built on male solidarity ne...

KYOTO -- As spring brings new encounters and farewells, it also marks the season...

Parts of Japan see warm temperatures; 30 C recorded in ...

Parts of Japan across its east and west saw unseasonably warm weather Saturday, ...

As school absentees increase, Japanese dads turn to iza...

In Japan's izakaya pubs, people drink and discuss the usual topics including spo...

Shoes found in Kyoto Pref. mountains may belong to miss...

Kyoto Prefectural Police discovered shoes that may belong to a missing boy in th...

Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV, extending feud over Iran w...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV on social media ...

Tokyo stocks fall in morning as failed US-Iran talks ra...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning, as sentiment dampened after t...

Peru election results delayed after thousands get a one...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian voters will have to wait until at least Monday to le...

Editorial: 30 years later, Okinawa still awaits return ...

Thirty years have passed since Japan and the United States agreed to fully retur...

30 yrs after accord with Japan, return of US Futenma ba...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Once thought possible within five to seven years, the return to...

Japan hopes US, Iran will quickly reach peace deal for ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan hopes a "final agreement" will be concluded swiftly betwe...

27% of junior high kids in west Japan's Kinki region su...

KYOTO -- Nearly 30% of the 1,820 junior high school students in western Japan's ...

Hikonyan, Japan's beloved samurai helmet-wearing cat ma...

OTSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- Hikonyan, Japan's beloved samurai helmet-wearing cat masc...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Deer captured in Osa...

Nose Onsen, an accommodation facility in the town of Nose, Osaka Prefecture, has...

Retro Japan: Cultural hall in Kurume remains an acousti...

KURUME, Fukuoka -- The Ishibashi Cultural Hall in this southwestern Japan city i...