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What to know about protests shaking Iran as gov't shuts...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the I...
News in Easy English: Indian pilot finds new life flyin...
NARITA, Chiba -- Simren Ghumman, a 53-year-old pilot from India, now flies plane...
US and Venezuela take 1st steps toward restoring relati...
GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) -- The United States and Venezuela said Friday they were...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What's going to happen to Unive...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
'Rice fields aren't trash cans!': Japan firm launches c...
OMIHACHIMAN, Shiga -- "Those who dump trash in rice fields shouldn't eat rice." ...
Police warn against emails posing as CEOs asking for ch...
KOFU -- Emails impersonating real company presidents and requesting QR codes to ...
Japan sees record train users during New Year holidays
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of people taking shinkansen bullet trains and expres...
No. of ski resorts in Japan slide 40% from 1999 peak, h...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of operational ski resorts in Japan in 2025 fell to ...
North Korea vows response as it accuses South of flying...
SEOUL (AP) -- North Korea's military accused South Korea of flying drones across...
Japan to enforce cyber measures to neutralize hostile s...
Japan plans to allow police and the Self-Defense Forces to access and neutralize...
50% of Japanese back keeping defense forces at current ...
Nearly 50 percent of Japanese think the country's Self-Defense Forces should sta...
China tops Japanese public's security worries in latest...
The Japanese public now sees China's growing military power as the country's lea...
UN says the US has 'legal obligation' to fund agencies ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United Sta...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Narcissus flowers in...
Narcissus flowers are in full bloom in the town of Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture. Fes...
'Girl with a Pearl Earring' to be shown in Japan, in ra...
Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" will be displayed in Jap...
Nearly one in ten young adults living in Japan isn’t et...
The biggest demographic shifts taking place in Japan are the country’s aging pop...
