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Japan Supreme Court to hear appeal of Hokkaido hunter w...

SAPPORO -- A hunter whose license was revoked after shooting a brown bear at the...

Central Japan's Mie Prefecture considers ending foreign...

TSU (Kyodo) -- The central Japanese prefecture of Mie is considering reinstating...

Editorial: Japan must use lessons from H3 rocket launch...

The launch of the H3 No. 8 rocket, Japan's large core launch vehicle, has ended ...

Japan weighs 2,000-3,000 yen fee for new pre-travel scr...

The Japanese government is considering charging visiting foreigners a fee of abo...

Japan slips to 24th in GDP per capita among OECD member...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's nominal gross domestic product per capita stood at $33,...

TEPCO sets Jan. 20 for 1st reactor restart since Fukush...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has decided to resta...

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh's boat reassembled in real tim...

CAIRO (AP) -- A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday...

A look at the experts racing to decode Trump's tariff r...

NEW YORK (AP) -- After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs br...

What to know about aid entering Gaza, the other battle ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Two and a half months have passed since Gaza 's latest ceasefi...

Kyoto Pref. sees 1st bird flu case in 21 years; 280,000...

KYOTO -- Genetic testing has confirmed a suspected case of the highly pathogenic...

Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies of cance...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masashi Ozaki, the most successful Japanese professional golfer...

Japan aims to cap foreign workforce at 1.23 million for...

TOKYO -- Japan's government revealed Dec. 23 its plans to limit the combined num...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Christmas tree with ...

A Christmas tree decorated with lost items has appeared at JR Hakata Station in ...

US warned Japan of N. Korean contingency during 1994 cr...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- In February 1994, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher in...

Niigata gets local consent, clearing last major hurdle ...

The governor of Niigata on Tuesday formally gave local consent to put two reacto...

JAL flight crew member injured likely due to turbulence...

A flight attendant on a Japan Airlines flight from the United States broke her r...