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Canadian woman dies after falling into waterfall while ...

A 39-year-old Canadian woman died after falling into a waterfall while snowboard...

'Melania,' panned by some film critics, opens with stro...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Promoted by President Donald Trump as "a must watch," the Melan...

Welfare applicants feel stigmatized as some Japan local...

TSU -- "Humiliating" screening of welfare applicants requiring them to take cash...

Financial conditions considerably accommodative amid we...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan board member said the country's financial condi...

Japan's lower house election to cost 85.5 billion yen, ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will spend about 85.5 billion yen (approx. $551...

Japan PM's power to dissolve lower house stirs debate a...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Debate over the prime minister's "exclusive prerogative" to dis...

Sapporo mistakenly issues general election ballots to t...

SAPPORO -- An official of this northern Japan city mistakenly issued ballot pape...

Aomori in northeastern Japan seeks defense forces' help...

AOMORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- The northeastern Japanese prefecture of Aomori, hit by ...

Japan begins over-the-counter 'morning-after pill' sale...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 7,000 pharmacies and drugstores across Japan began on Mo...

Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Terunofuji marks retirement with hair...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former yokozuna Terunofuji has officially completed his transit...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Ice sculpture festiv...

An ice sculpture festival was held at Matsumoto Castle Park and other locations ...

Child-rearing families welcome tax-cut election pledges...

Many Japanese child-rearing households are welcoming moves by both the ruling an...

Half of 20 major Japanese cities face shrinking population

Half of 20 large Japanese cities, each with at least over 700,000 residents, hav...

Australian woman dies after ski lift accident in Nagano

An Australian woman has died after a ski lift accident at a central Japan resort...

Couple in their 70s die after being found buried in snow

A 79-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife died after being found buried under s...

Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including childre...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed ...