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What to know about the falloff in China's military flig...

BEIJING (AP) -- Over the years, a regular Chinese campaign of sending warplanes ...

Japan gov't OKs bill to set up intel body to counter fo...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet approved Friday a bill to establish a ministeri...

Dollar briefly climbs to upper 159 yen level, highest s...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar briefly rose into the upper 159 yen range on Fr...

Girl referred to Japan prosecutors over possession of s...

TOKYO -- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)'s Juvenile Support Division on...

Japan's imperial couple likely to visit Netherlands, Be...

Japan is making arrangements for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit th...

Japan’s free disaster phone message number is important...

This week marks 15 years since the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami ...

Paralympics: Snow issues at games raise sustainability,...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Kyodo) -- The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympic Games ar...

Japan finance minister says ready to take all possible ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is ready to implement all possible step...

Netflix's exclusive WBC broadcasting deal in Japan draw...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. streaming giant Netflix Inc. is drawing mixed reactions fo...

Unprecedented efforts revive local art damaged by Japan...

MORIOKA (Kyodo) -- More than 100 art pieces in northeastern Japan damaged by the...

Japan digital payment firm PayPay makes major US stock ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- PayPay Corp., the Japanese provider of a popular digital pay...

White House posts mash-up of Nintendo game clips, US st...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The White House has posted a video that appears to use footage ...

As gold prices soar, Japan firms turn to recycling and ...

TOKYO -- Amid the global surge in the price of gold, recycling of the metal is a...

Girl referred to prosecutors over possession of sleepin...

TOKYO -- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)'s Juvenile Support Division on...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Straw mats taken off...

March 5 was "Keichitsu," the day when it is said that insects in the ground beco...