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Japan farm minister Koizumi visits war-linked shrine on...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited the war-linked Yasukuni ...
Japan PM vows to pursue peace, be mindful of 'remorse' ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday vowed to keep in mind J...
Tokyo stocks climb in morning on solid Japan GDP, firm ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks climbed Friday morning as Japan's stronger-than-ex...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Ceremony to dry kimo...
An "oirokashi" ceremony, in which kimonos used in rituals are hung out to dry, w...
S. Korea's Lee lauds partnership but urges Japan to fac...
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday vowed to seek fo...
Genshitsu Sen, Japanese tea master and former Kamikaze ...
Genshitsu Sen, a former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a gra...
Man dragged away by brown bear on Hokkaido mountain
A man in his 20s was attacked and dragged away by a brown bear Thursday on Mount...
Tokyo Disney Resort’s low park attendance continues ami...
On July 30, Japan’s highest-ever temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius (106.16 deg...
Tokyo stocks snap 6-day rally as gains locked in after ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks snapped a six-day winning streak Thursday as inves...
Visitors stranded at expo overnight after subway outage...
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The World Exposition in Osaka was disrupted by a subway system ...
Japan eyes exporting used destroyers to Southeast Asia
Japan is considering the export of used Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers t...
Japan's wartime children in Philippines search for kin,...
After a lifetime of searching, Jose Villafuerte this month finally found the Jap...
Japanese tea ceremony master Sen Genshitsu dies at 102
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- Master of Japanese tea ceremony Sen Genshitsu, known for his pu...
Dutch child survivor of Japan's WWII camps breaks silence
It has taken Tineke Einthoven 80 years to be able to speak about what she lived ...
OTC drug abuse seen in 1.8% of Japan junior high studen...
An estimated 1.8 percent of junior high school students in Japan, or one in ever...
Visitors stranded at Osaka Expo overnight after subway ...
The World Exposition in Osaka was disrupted by a subway system malfunction late ...
