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Nikkei stock index rises over 3% on firm tech shares

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks soared over 3 percent Monday afternoon on buying f...

Premium cherries fetch over 1 mil. yen in year's 1st au...

YAMAGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Premium "Sato Nishiki" cherries from the northeastern...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Dog becomes Tobe war...

In the town of Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, "Tobe ware" pottery is produced. A 10-yea...

Opinion: 2026 raises question of how to resist spread o...

The world is in turmoil, and the international order and rule of law are being s...

Overtourism continues in Hokkaido town despite felling ...

The small town of Biei in Hokkaido made headlines in January last year when it c...

Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Ja...

A multi-vehicle crash involving 12 cars on a road in eastern Japan killed one ma...

7 elderly people taken to hospital after choking on moc...

The Tokyo Fire Department said Sunday that seven men and women aged 80-96 were t...

Maduro in US after stunning capture in operation that T...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro arrived in t...

South Korean president visits China following Beijing's...

HONG KONG (AP) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to begin his visit...

Baseball: Infielder Kazuma Okamoto, Blue Jays agree to ...

TORONTO (AP) -- Infielder Kazuma Okamoto and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $...

South Korea says North Korea has launched ballistic mis...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles towa...

Rare mushroom discovered growing in southwest Japan

MISATO, Miyazaki -- A wild mushroom found growing within the grounds of a forest...

US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, T...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hours after an audacious military operation that pluc...

Iran's leader says rioters 'must be put in their place'...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's supreme leader insisted Saturday that...

Myanmar's military government releases more than 6,100 ...

BANGKOK (AP) -- Myanmar's military government granted amnesty to more than 6,100...

Japan gov't says closely watching Venezuela situation a...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Sunday it is closely watching the ...