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Sumo: Nat'l sport faces decline in new recruits despite...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Despite sumo's growing popularity, the number of people who too...

China ignores Trump's Hormuz request as the Iran war de...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- China won't help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormu...

Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Israel killed two senior Iranian security of...

Modified monument marking A-bomb group's Nobel Peace Pr...

NAGASAKI -- A monument commemorating the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the J...

Japan, US set to agree on $100 million joint project in...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and the United States are expected to agree on a $100 mil...

Graduation meals discarded in Fukushima Pref. over 2011...

IWAKI, Fukushima -- About 2,100 servings of red bean rice, which had been schedu...

Long-range missile launchers shown in southwestern Japa...

The Defense Ministry held an exhibition of missile launchers and other equipment...

Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor embraced ...

Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing ‌whom former U.S. Pr...

Tokyo subway line shut down by in-train mobile battery ...

The Tokyo Metro’s Hanzomon subway line is pretty handy for getting around the ci...

Strait of Hormuz closure hits ethylene supplies in Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A major Japanese oil company said Monday it will reduce its pro...

News in Easy English: JAL workers can now wear sneakers...

IZUMISANO, Osaka -- Japan Airlines (JAL) now allows flight attendants and ground...

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start the seas...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start another s...

Fashion Week Tokyo opens with debut show by knitwear-fo...

TOKYO -- Fashion Week Tokyo, one of Japan's largest fashion events, opened on Ma...

Editorial: Japan must rely on diplomacy, not deployment...

Japan needs a clear-eyed view of what it can realistically do to help bring the ...

Why France is bolstering military presence in the Middl...

PARIS (AP) -- France's government is bolstering the country's military presence ...

Over half of local leaders want Fukushima nuclear plant...

TOKYO -- Fifteen years have passed since Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings I...