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SoftBank Group to acquire Swiss firm's robotics divisio...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire the robotic...
The Mainichi News Quiz: So who's getting free high scho...
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Tokyo stocks climb in morning on strong tech shares
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday morning on strong technology issu...
Special heavy rain warning issued for Tokyo's Izu islan...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency issued a special heavy rain warning for ...
8 matsutake mushrooms fetch $5,600 at west Japan market
TAMBASASAYAMA, Hyogo -- A batch of eight matsutake mushrooms grown in this west ...
New documentary highlights baseball's role in Japan-US ...
MILL VALLEY, California (Kyodo) -- A new documentary about baseball connections ...
Rising bear attacks in Japan prompt new shooting rules,...
OTSUKI, Yamanashi (Kyodo) -- Japan's surge in bear attacks has forced the govern...
Japan hails 'significant first step' in Trump's Israel-...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Thursday said Israel and Hamas agreeing on the first p...
Man acquitted of 1966 murders in Japan seeks 600 mil. y...
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese man who was acquitted last year in a retrial over...
2 Fukuoka Pref. students accused of stealing teen's cig...
FUKUOKA -- Two male high school students who allegedly stole cigarettes from a y...
Japan Nobel laureate Sakaguchi lauds wife Noriko as 'co...
SUITA, Osaka -- Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi met reporters on Oct. 7 with his...
Nobel laureate Sakaguchi and wife Noriko reflect on sha...
SUITA, Osaka -- Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi met reporters on Oct. 7 with his...
1 dead, 4 injured in boat collision on Tokyo canal
One person was killed and four others were injured Wednesday when two workboats ...
Japanese teachers' working hours longest in OECD survey...
Japan's elementary and junior high school teachers clocked the longest average w...
Comey to make first court appearance in Justice Departm...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Former FBI Director James Comey is set to make his first...
Over 10,000 invasive fire ants found at Tokyo port, lar...
TOKYO -- Over 10,000 invasive fire ants along with at least 8,000 eggs, larvae a...
