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Toyota chairman to be inducted into US Automotive Hall ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that its chairman, Akio Toyoda...

City neighboring Tokyo to make day care free for kids a...

URAYASU, Chiba -- Following a move by Tokyo, this east Japan city is set to make...

Popularity of Japan anime characters in China unaffecte...

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- Strained Sino-Japanese relations over Prime Minister Sanae T...

Only 20% of internet-using adults in Japan adopt AI: su...

CHIBA (Kyodo) -- Only about 20 percent of adults using the internet in Japan hav...

Olympics: Japan's Kagiyama second in men's figure skati...

MILAN (Kyodo) -- Japan's Beijing Games silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama made a soli...

Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Panda ducks' come t...

Migratory birds called smews have arrived at Osaka Castle's moat. They are membe...

Japanese yen briefly rises to lower 153 vs. dollar as U...

SYDNEY (Kyodo) -- The Japanese yen briefly rose to the lower 153 zone against th...

Japan election results in smallest main opposition part...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Centrist Reform Alliance secured just 49 seats in Sunday's ...

Nikkei ends at record high for 2nd straight day after L...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high Tuesday for the s...

Takaichi's election victory sets the stage for a rightw...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's big election win paves th...

News in Easy English: Wearing a mask can hurt support f...

TOKYO -- A new study says that when female politicians wear masks, they may get ...

Takaichi replies to congratulatory messages from leader...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has replied on social me...

Baseball: Dodgers' Japanese star trio training ahead of...

GLENDALE, Arizona (Kyodo) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers' trio of Japanese stars, in...

Nikkei index hits record high for 2nd straight day on e...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index set a record intraday high Tuesday for t...

Locals mark 25th anniv. of US sub's collision with Japa...

MATSUYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A high school in western Japan held a memorial servi...

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