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Japan sees record train users during New Year holidays

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of people taking shinkansen bullet trains and expres...

Police warn against emails posing as CEOs asking for ch...

KOFU -- Emails impersonating real company presidents and requesting QR codes to ...

'Rice fields aren't trash cans!': Japan firm launches c...

OMIHACHIMAN, Shiga -- "Those who dump trash in rice fields shouldn't eat rice." ...

The Mainichi News Quiz: What's going to happen to Unive...

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North Korea vows response as it accuses South of flying...

SEOUL (AP) -- North Korea's military accused South Korea of flying drones across...

No. of ski resorts in Japan slide 40% from 1999 peak, h...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of operational ski resorts in Japan in 2025 fell to ...

Japan to enforce cyber measures to neutralize hostile s...

Japan plans to allow police and the Self-Defense Forces to access and neutralize...

50% of Japanese back keeping defense forces at current ...

Nearly 50 percent of Japanese think the country's Self-Defense Forces should sta...

China tops Japanese public's security worries in latest...

The Japanese public now sees China's growing military power as the country's lea...

UN says the US has 'legal obligation' to fund agencies ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United Sta...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Narcissus flowers in...

Narcissus flowers are in full bloom in the town of Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture. Fes...

Nearly one in ten young adults living in Japan isn’t et...

The biggest demographic shifts taking place in Japan are the country’s aging pop...

Japan survey finds most G7 nations can restrict foreign...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Most Group of Seven countries can limit their citizens and fore...

South Korea's Lee to visit Japan from Tues. to meet PM ...

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan next week...

Japan PM Takaichi gets over 60 million yen in donations...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received over 60 million yen ($38...

Finance chiefs to discuss critical mineral supply chain...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs from several countries are set to discuss critic...