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Cut off from most communication, Iranian protesters sha...

BEIRUT (AP) -- This time felt different.The 25-year-old Iranian fashion designer...

Pokemon event at Yasukuni shrine canceled after drawing...

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- A Pokemon card game event originally scheduled to be held at...

Japan tightens security for Feb. 8 election in wake of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Feb. 8 House of Representatives election will be the th...

Trump claims Putin agreed to temporary halt in energy a...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The terms of a Russian commitment to U.S. President Donald...

Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of 'Schitt's...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Catherine O'Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and "SC...

Trump's wide ambitions for Board of Peace spark new sup...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- President Donald Trump's latest attempt to sidestep the U...

Japan's foreign worker population hits record 2.57 million

The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high of over 2.57 million a...

Morning-after pill finally available in Japan without p...

It’s always important to remember that cultural differences aren’t always cut al...

China coast guard patroled Japan-held islands almost da...

China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea a...

2 women, one man found dead in car in apparent joint su...

Two women and one man were found dead inside a car in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, ...

'Panda duck' spotted at Osaka Castle delights visitors

OSAKA -- Black-and-white "panda ducks" have appeared in the outer moat of Osaka ...

White foam oozes from manhole near U.S. air base in Oki...

White foam was found emerging from a manhole in a residential area in Okinawa Pr...

Narita airport logs record 23.9 million foreign passeng...

Narita airport, east of Tokyo, saw 23.91 million foreign arrivals and departures...

Figure skating: World champ Kihara, Miura out to make J...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Once the weak link in Japanese figure skating, its pairs team h...

Japan's 2025 industrial output rises 0.8%, 1st increase...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industrial output in 2025 grew 0.8 percent from the pre...

Japan's jobless rate in 2025 stays at 2.5% as tight job...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's average unemployment rate in 2025 stood unchanged from ...