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Rugby: Japan trampled 61-7 by South Africa in European test tour opener

Rugby: Japan trampled 61-7 by South Africa in European ...

LONDON (Kyodo) -- South Africa's rising star flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu s...

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Tokyo's Yamanote loop line train marks 100 years of operations

Tokyo's Yamanote loop line train marks 100 years of ope...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- JR East on Saturday marked exactly 100 years of operation of th...

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ASEAN defense forum chair calls for closer ties to deal with challenges

ASEAN defense forum chair calls for closer ties to deal...

KUALA LUMPUR (Kyodo) -- The chair of a regional defense ministers' meeting in Ma...

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Football: Gladbach's Shuto Machino nets in Bundesliga, Ayase Ueda bags Feyenoord brace

Football: Gladbach's Shuto Machino nets in Bundesliga, ...

HAMBURG (Kydoo) -- Japan forward Shuto Machino scored his first league goal for ...

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Figure skating: Mone Chiba wins Skate Canada Int'l as Nakai reaches GP final

Figure skating: Mone Chiba wins Skate Canada Int'l as N...

SASKATOON, Canada (Kyodo) -- Japan's Mone Chiba won her maiden ISU Grand Prix se...

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Baseball: Dodgers clinch World Series with 5-4 Game 7 win in 11 innings

Baseball: Dodgers clinch World Series with 5-4 Game 7 w...

TORONTO (Kyodo) -- Will Smith belted a go-ahead solo home run in the 11th inning...

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Japan rolls back rice output expansion, sets 2026 target based on demand

Japan rolls back rice output expansion, sets 2026 targe...

Japan's farm ministry said Friday it would set its rice production target for 20...

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Trump declines to clarify if the US will conduct tests of its nuclear weapons

Trump declines to clarify if the US will conduct tests ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- President Donald Trump declined to say Friday wheth...

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Oasis' reunion in Japan strikes chord with new generation of fans

Oasis' reunion in Japan strikes chord with new generati...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- When Oasis took to the stage last weekend for their first conce...

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The Mainichi News Quiz: A Tokyo court said what about how that guy treated a female coworker?

The Mainichi News Quiz: A Tokyo court said what about h...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...

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APEC summit to close in South Korea after Trump, Xi agreed on trade truce

APEC summit to close in South Korea after Trump, Xi agr...

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) -- Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to...

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Over 80% of teachers in Japan have no time to help truant children: survey

Over 80% of teachers in Japan have no time to help trua...

TOKYO -- More than 80% of teachers in Japan say they have no time to engage with...

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Raising firstborn to age 18 costs over 21.7 million yen in Japan: survey

Raising firstborn to age 18 costs over 21.7 million yen...

TOKYO -- It costs about 21.7 million yen (around $141,700) in Japan to raise a f...

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China launches manned spaceship on space station mission

China launches manned spaceship on space station mission

JIUQUAN, China (Kyodo) -- China launched a manned spaceship on a rocket from the...

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Shohei Ohtani a possibility to start Game 7 of World Series

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Shohei Ohtani a possi...

TORONTO (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani might start Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday...

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Figure skating: Chiba takes narrow Skate Canada Int'l lead after SP

Figure skating: Chiba takes narrow Skate Canada Int'l l...

SASKATOON, Canada (Kyodo) -- Japan's Mone Chiba topped the women's short program...