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US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees ...

2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientis...

(AP) -- Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hot...

Ocean-themed illumination held at beloved east Japan li...

ASAHI, Chiba -- A nighttime illumination event themed on the ocean is being held...

Chinese drills near Taiwan continue for 2nd day, air tr...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China continued military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday that...

No. of Japanese restaurants overseas down for 1st time ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of Japanese restaurants operating overseas fell for ...

Football: J3 Fukushima United sign 58-year-old Miura on...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura is joining...

China's top diplomat criticizes Japan PM for challengin...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Tuesday lashed out at Japanes...

Anxiety in Japan as giant pandas to be returned to China

Giant pandas from China have delighted visitors to zoos in Japan for more than 5...

Anime festival in Hong Kong halted amid China-Japan dip...

An annual animation festival slated for next year will be put off, according to ...

Authorities urge elderly people to be careful when eati...

The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency are urgin...

Kyrgios beats Sabalenka in latest 'Battle of the Sexes'...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Nick Kyrgios won the latest version of the "...

Over 80% of facilities for disabled face labor shortage...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 80 percent of facilities for people with disabilities in J...

Japan's GSDF to hold parachute drill in Chiba Pref. wit...

TOKYO -- The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) will conduct its annual "parachute...

Foreign children raised in Japan caught in stepped-up d...

In August, an 18-year-old Kurdish high school student boarded a plane to return ...

Tokyo stocks mixed in morning on ex-dividend selling, f...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks dropped Monday morning as investors sold shares of...

Alarm in Japan as giant pandas to leave amid Taiwan row

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Giant pandas from China have delighted visitors to zoos in Japa...