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Rare agave plant blooms at station in Fukuoka Pref., de...
BUZEN, Fukuoka -- An agave plant that is said to bloom only once every several d...
Baseball: Ohtani gets homer No. 44 as title race with S...
DENVER (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run in six games Tuesday, his...
Japan PM proposes economic zone initiative for Africa a...
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed an "economic...
This conversation is being recorded: Trump's hot mic mo...
LONDON (AP) -- Behold the power of the humble hot mic.The magnifier of sound, a ...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Oldest festival in H...
The traditional "Ubagami Daijingu Togyosai" event, considered the oldest festiva...
Japan logs record 135 potentially fatal tick-borne infe...
A record 135 people in Japan have so far been diagnosed with a potentially fatal...
Japan vows up to $550 mil for vaccines for children in ...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday that Japan will contribute up to $...
Tokyo stocks end lower after 2-day record high streak
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended lower Tuesday in directionless trading, as i...
Editorial: Japan needs strategy for stable rice supply ...
The Japanese government is shifting its agricultural policy to increase rice pro...
N. Korea's Kim raps US-S. Korea drills as attempt to 'i...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has criticized a joint milita...
Japan deploys large drone over Senkakus Islands amid Ch...
Japan is using a large coast guard drone, the SeaGuardian, to monitor the Senkak...
2 Ground Self-Defense Force members die during training
Two Ground Self-Defense Force members in their 20s were confirmed dead Monday af...
Hamas accepts an Arab ceasefire proposal on Gaza as Pal...
RAFAH, Egypt (AP) -- Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab ...
Nikkei opens higher to hit fresh intraday high on stron...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index gained modestly early Tuesday, hitting a...
Trump says he has begun arrangements for face-to-face m...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says he has beguarrangements for a fac...
Colleagues of Japan local ex-councilor who died after o...
KOBE -- Colleagues of a former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member, who died after...
