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Japan hotel with ex-Takarazuka Revue star as manager ma...

TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo -- Takarazuka Hotel, which will celebrate the 100th anniversar...

Tokyo's horseback police charm children at safety campa...

TOKYO -- The mounted unit of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is gaining...

Calligraphy believed to be brushed by Hirobumi Ito surf...

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- A hanging scroll with calligraphy believed to have been brushed...

Japan, U.S. officials plant cherry tree saplings in Was...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japanese and U.S. officials on Friday planted cherry tree ...

US-Iran talks set to bring together Vance and Iranian o...

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance is headed to ...

Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki statue unveiled, but bat snaps ...

SEATTLE (Kyodo) -- A bronze statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese member o...

Kumamoto Castle hosts panel exhibition marking 10 years...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A panel exhibition opened Saturday in front of Kumamo...

Baseball: Ohtani sets 44-game on-base record for Japane...

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani set the record for the longest on-base stre...

Number of correspondence university students in Japan d...

TOKYO -- A growing number of young people in Japan are choosing correspondence u...

Kyoto Univ. Hospital launches multidisciplinary 'Itch C...

KYOTO -- Kyoto University Hospital in this city's Sakyo Ward has established an ...

Japan to ban gene-edited embryos aimed at creating 'des...

Japan is set to outlaw research and treatments involving the genetic modificatio...

Gene Simmons of Kiss visits Detroit Rock City to open n...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) -- Gene Simmons visited Detroit Rock City on Thursday to c...

Japan's Niigata Pref. Police warn of fake arrest warran...

NIIGATA -- Niigata Prefectural Police are urging the public to be aware of a new...

Cambodia's alleged scam group execs suspected of money ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two senior executives of Prince Holding Group, a Cambodian cong...

China's Xi meets with Taiwan opposition leader, 1st suc...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held talks in Beijing ...

Editorial: 80 yrs after granting suffrage, Japan must d...

Japan on April 10 marked 80 years since women first gained the right to vote in ...