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Train services resume in Tokyo after power outage disru...

A railway power outage in Tokyo disrupted the morning commute for thousands of p...

Tokyo stocks end mixed on weak tech shares, fiscal poli...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday as some heavyweight technolog...

Nagasaki groups protest statement on possessing nukes, ...

NAGASAKI -- Twenty-two organizations in Nagasaki Prefecture including A-bomb sur...

Japan officially launches bid to host 2035 Rugby World Cup

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Rugby Football Union has officially launched its bid ...

Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito agree to form new...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japa...

Miyajima island in Hiroshima Pref. sees record visitors...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima -- The island of Miyajima, home to the World Heritage-lis...

Expert panel proposes mandatory Japanese programs for f...

An expert panel proposed Wednesday that the government create programs for forei...

Japan nuclear regulator to inspect plant operator after...

Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday decided to conduct on-site inspections as...

Toriyama, Hatakeyama win prestigious Akutagawa literary...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Makoto Toriyama and Ushio Hatakeyama won the prestigious Akutag...

NASA sends 4 astronauts back to Earth in first medical ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- An astronaut in need of doctors' care departed the ...

The Mainichi News Quiz: Tokyo's crow population has dro...

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Trump calls for talks with US partners toward critical ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered officials...

Japan's KDDI sets up probe committee over improper cond...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese telecom giant KDDI Corp. said Wednesday that it has se...

Man arrested for stabbing two men visiting for forced e...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly stabbing two men visi...

School in Japan's Oita receives mass-killing threat aft...

OITA -- Following the spread on social media of a video showing a student acting...

Venezuela's acting president vows to continue releasing...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez said Wed...