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Waseda University in Tokyo has revoked the enrollment of five graduate students ...

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Nikkei ends above 54,000 for 1st time on aggressive fis...

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Japan emperor wishes for peace in New Year's poem

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New show 'Dance the Globe!' unveiled to mark Tokyo Disn...

URAYASU, Chiba -- Tokyo DisneySea in this east Japan city unveiled a new show ca...

Trump set to lead largest-ever US delegation to World E...

GENEVA (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump will return to the World Economic For...

Japan urges local bodies to step up bullying response a...

TOKYO -- The Japanese education ministry has urged the superintendents of educat...

Editorial: Japan PM Takaichi's snap election plan is ab...

The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has repeatedly claimed that the ...

Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been rele...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been r...

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The Matsuura Railway, which runs in Nagasaki and Saga prefectures, gave a certif...

Japan's influenza cases fall below alert level for 2nd ...

The number of influenza cases in Japan fell below the alert threshold for a seco...