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Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG su...

BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil...

MSDF revamps structure to boost remote island defense

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has revamped its organizational structu...

Hay fever hits Japan's wild monkey parks

Wild Japanese macaques at observation facilities across Japan appear to be deali...

N. Korea to nix summit talks with Japan if abduction is...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Kim Yo Jong, younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong U...

Japan core consumer prices in Feb. rise 1.6% on yr, low...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in February rose 1.6 percent from ...

Deer suspected after 10,000 tulip bulbs destroyed at pa...

KIRYU, Gunma -- Around 10,000 tulip bulbs on the verge of blooming have been des...

Bhutan monks turn to AI chatbot for Buddhist guidance

THINPHU (Kyodo) -- High in the Himalayas, in the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, mon...

Japan to start releasing state oil reserves Thursday: P...

TOKYO (Kyodo) --Japan will start releasing oil from state reserves on Thursday, ...

N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to maintain status as...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to maintain the count...

Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as h...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the ...

Editorial: Japan's costly 3.11 disaster rebuilding show...

In reconstruction efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck ...

Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki to start the season on inj...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki will start the season o...

Japan approves preventive use of oral COVID drug Xocova...

TOKYO -- Japanese health minister Kenichiro Ueno on March 23 approved adding "pr...

Trump's changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy ra...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cyclin...

Japanese national returns home after monthslong detenti...

Japan's top government spokesperson said Monday that one of two Japanese nationa...

Tokyo stocks sink after Trump threatens Iran over Strai...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks plunged Monday, with the Nikkei stock index briefl...