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Nikkei tops 50,000 for 1st time after key US indexes en...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index topped the 50,000 line for the first tim...
Dodgers look to capitalize on home-field advantage vs B...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have the Toronto Blue Jays right whe...
Nikkei ends morning above 50,000 amid easing US-China t...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose sharply Monday morning, with the Nikkei index...
Trump leaves for Japan to set tone for bilateral ties w...
KUALA LUMPUR (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left Malaysia for ...
New Japan PM Takaichi makes overseas debut with in-pers...
KUALA LUMPUR (Kyodo) -- New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday hel...
Nikkei stock index ends above 50,000 for 1st time
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended Monday above the 50,000-point mark...
Toyota 1st-half global sales up 4.7% to record high, de...
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday reported a 4.7 percent year-on-ye...
Japan, US defense chiefs to meet Wed. under new Japanes...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will meet with hi...
3 found dead after house fire near Tokyo
SAITAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fire destroyed a house in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Mo...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Lion triplets born a...
In August, lion triplets were born at Toyohashi Zoo & Botanical Park (Non Hoi Pa...
120,000 have been involuntarily institutionalized in Ja...
Around 6:30 a.m. on Dec 12, 2018, Minoru Eguchi and his wife Tomiko were busy pr...
Journalist Ito apologizes over unauthorized use of foot...
Japanese journalist Shiori Ito has apologized for using parts of footage without...
18,000 police mobilized for Trump’s visit to Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is on high alert ahead of U.S. Presiden...
Japan launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies...
Japan's space agency successfully launched Sunday its most powerful flagship H3 ...
Health: Your latest prescription is to get outside
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Find a shady spot under a tree, take a breath of fresh air...
MLB: Yamamoto throws first World Series complete game s...
TORONTO (AP) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his second consecut...
