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Speed skating: Takagi wins 1,500 at Norway World Cup as...

HAMAR, Norway (Kyodo) -- Japan's Miho Takagi won her first individual World Cup ...

Osaka Metro holds drill to prep for Nankai Trough megaq...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Osaka Metro Co. conducted a disaster drill early Saturday at a ...

China warns against revival of militarism on Nanjing ma...

NANJING, China (Kyodo) -- China on Saturday warned against any moves to revive p...

Attacks by insurgents in Mozambique are compounding a d...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have ...

Bolivian court orders ex-president jailed for 5 months ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- A Bolivian court on Friday ordered the country's former ...

Iran raises gasoline prices for 1st time since deadly 2...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran introduced a new pricing tier Saturday for its nationa...

Harada, Japanese director of award-winning 'Chronicle o...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masato Harada, a Japanese director known for films such as "Chr...

Ski jumping: Maruyama back on top with 4th win at World...

KLINGENTHAL, Germany (Kyodo) -- Japan's Nozomi Maruyama resumed her winning ways...

Ultra-nationalists see Japan tilting their way

Driving around Tokyo blaring slogans on the 84th anniversary of the Japanese att...

10% of OTC drug abusing Japan high schoolers report use...

Roughly 10 percent of high school students in Japan who have abused over-the-cou...

Japan bear victim's watch shows last movements

The watch of a Japanese hiker killed by a bear has revealed harrowing details ab...

Mainichi poll on Japan's policies on foreigners unveils...

TOKYO -- A nationwide survey on Japan's policies related to foreigners conducted...

An airstrike on a hospital in a rebel-controlled area o...

BANGKOK (AP) -- An airstrike by Myanmar 's military destroyed a hospital in an a...

Character for bear (熊) picked as most symbolic kanji o...

The kanji for “bear” (熊, kuma) was chosen as the single most representative cha...

M6.7 quake causes small tsunami off northeastern Japan

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami but...

Japan, China, S. Korea set for health talks amid Tokyo-...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan, China and South Korea will hold ministerial-level health...