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Tokyo stocks end morning up over 2% on U.S. Dow Jones rise
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks surged over 2 percent Monday morning, the first tr...
243-kg bluefin tuna sells for record $3.2 million at To...
TOKYO -- A 243-kilogram bluefin tuna fetched 510.3 million yen (about $3.2 milli...
North Korea says latest missile tests involves hyperson...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un obser...
Premium cherries fetch over 1 mil. yen in year's 1st au...
YAMAGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Premium "Sato Nishiki" cherries from the northeastern...
Nikkei stock index rises over 3% on firm tech shares
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks soared over 3 percent Monday afternoon on buying f...
Man arrested over stabbing of Fukuoka idol group worker...
FUKUOKA -- A 30-year-old man who has been arrested for allegedly knifing a male ...
Director Motohashi, known for documenting villagers aft...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese photographer and film director Seiichi Motohashi, know...
Opinion: 2026 raises question of how to resist spread o...
The world is in turmoil, and the international order and rule of law are being s...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Dog becomes Tobe war...
In the town of Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, "Tobe ware" pottery is produced. A 10-yea...
Overtourism continues in Hokkaido town despite felling ...
The small town of Biei in Hokkaido made headlines in January last year when it c...
Japan's hospital dogs bring moments of normalcy to seri...
As a Labrador retriever named Masa entered a pediatric hospital ward in Tokyo, c...
Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Ja...
A multi-vehicle crash involving 12 cars on a road in eastern Japan killed one ma...
7 elderly people taken to hospital after choking on moc...
The Tokyo Fire Department said Sunday that seven men and women aged 80-96 were t...
Maduro in US after stunning capture in operation that T...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro arrived in t...
South Korea says North Korea has launched ballistic mis...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles towa...
Baseball: Infielder Kazuma Okamoto, Blue Jays agree to ...
TORONTO (AP) -- Infielder Kazuma Okamoto and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $...
