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Japan marks 15 years since quake-tsunami, Fukushima nuc...

Japan on Wednesday marked 15 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami st...

Paralympics: Fukushima-born Suzuki works with local fir...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Kyodo) -- Japanese Para alpine skier Takeshi Suzuki ha...

Japan moves to establish pre-entry immigration checks, ...

The Japanese government on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the immigration cont...

Japan bets on science to reshape Fukushima after nuclea...

On a quiet stretch of coastline in Fukushima Prefecture, construction crews are ...

790,000 mementos from 2011 Tohoku disaster still stored...

Some 790,000 items discovered in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and t...

Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about $35 million, o...

ROME (AP) -- Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for ...

Tokyo police exec disciplined over 'bad-tempered harass...

TOKYO -- A section chief at the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) headquarter...

Olympians Liu and Gu travel very different paths, and C...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It is as captivating as it is divisive: the tale of two Chine...

Japan marks 15 yrs since quake-tsunami, Fukushima nucle...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan on Wednesday marked 15 years since a devastating earthqu...

Sumo: Yokozuna Onosato withdraws from spring meet after...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato withdrew from the ongoing Spring Grand Sumo To...

What Americans think about the war in Iran, according t...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military acti...

South Koreans board Japanese gov't-chartered plane to e...

TOKYO -- Amid worsening conditions in the Middle East, it was revealed March 11 ...

Senior US, Japan diplomats advance preparations for Tru...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Senior U.S. and Japanese diplomats have held talks to set ...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Doll memorial servic...

A "doll memorial service" to express gratitude for "hina" dolls that were no lon...

N. Korea raps US-S. Korea joint military drill as 'host...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea on Tuesday criticized a large-scale U.S.-South Ko...