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Japan PM Takaichi cites diverse outreach amid media acc...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responded to reporters on April 7 regardi...

Easy Japanese news in translation: School backpacks giv...

About 2,000 Kurdish people are said to live in the cities of Kawaguchi and Warab...

Deer that appeared in downtown Osaka gets a new home, a...

Both the business and academic year start in spring in Japan, so right now is wh...

3 workers dead, one missing after scaffolding at site i...

A third worker has been confirmed dead after a roughly 40-meter-high scaffolding...

Tokyo confirms Japanese national held by Iran freed

Iran freed a Japanese national held since January, Tokyo said Tuesday, with Kyod...

Multiple bear sightings reported in city in Fukushima P...

A series of bear sightings have been reported in residential areas and a park in...

Realistic robot modeled after ancient marine reptile sw...

KAINAN, Wakayama -- A demonstration of a robot modeled after the newly discovere...

Tokyo stocks rise slightly ahead of US-Iran cease-fire ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Tuesday, amid a wait-and-see...

TEPCO restarts cooling of spent fuel pool at Fukushima ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Cooling of a spent fuel pool at the Fukushima Daini nuclear pow...

City near Tokyo introduces 'Crayon Shin-chan' character...

KASUKABE, Saitama -- This eastern Japan city north of Tokyo has changed the desi...

Ex-apprentice alleges modern 'slavery' in Kyoto geisha ...

When Kiyoha Kiritaka left Kyoto's geisha district in 2016, she says she was esca...

Baseball: Ohtani goes deep in back-to-back games as Dod...

TORONTO (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run in back-to-back games for hi...

Japan Feb. household spending falls 1.8% on year on wea...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in February fell a real 1.8 percent ...

Japan's gasoline subsidy fund may run dry in 2 months a...

TOKYO -- Estimates by the Japanese government indicate that its subsidies to cap...

Ruling LDP membership falls by 25,000, declines for 3rd...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister ...

Artemis II astronauts set new human record for distance...

HOUSTON, Texas (Kyodo) -- The astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission set a new ...