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Japanese language teaching in UK tackling outdated perc...

Teachers of Japanese in Britain are shaking up the way they teach the language i...

Japan advises citizens to avoid travel to Iran amid gro...

Japan has raised its travel alert for Iran and is advising citizens to refrain f...

Forest fire in Gunma extinguished after burning for ove...

A forest fire in Gunma Prefecture was extinguished Monday after burning for more...

Japan firms urged to guard against cyberattacks as surv...

TOKYO -- Amid the threat of cyberattacks, what preparations should companies mak...

Britain is in talks with NATO to counter Russia and Chi...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain is discussing with NATO allies how it can help beef up se...

Tokyo governor wants densely populated 23 wards to char...

TOKYO -- Gov. Yuriko Koike said she will encourage the implementation of paid ho...

Braving the cold: Tokyo's New Year's ritual of ice baths

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Participants gather at the Teppuzu Inari Shrine in Tokyo to...

Teachers in Japan taking mental health leave top 7,000 ...

TOKYO -- A total of 7,087 public school teachers in Japan took leave due to ment...

Shinkansen operator recycles retired cars to extract al...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese shinkansen bullet train operator has stepped up eff...

Reference to Trump's impeachments is removed from the d...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's photo portrait display at the Smiths...

Why is Japan's Mie Pref. pondering ending foreign staff...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some questions readers may have about why Mie Prefe...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Shogi player Toyoshi...

The Japan Shogi Association announced on January 7 that Masayuki Toyoshima, a 35...

2 elderly men die in snow-related accidents in Akita Pr...

Two men in their 80s died in snow-related accidents on Saturday in Akita Prefect...

Is Niseko really 'foreignized?' Inside the reality behi...

Niseko, one of Japan's premier ski resorts in Hokkaido, has been labeled "foreig...

WWII aircraft bunkers in west Japan city once hated by ...

NANKOKU, Kochi -- Once-despised "entai" concrete bunkers built here during World...