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South Korean president visits China following Beijing's...
HONG KONG (AP) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to begin his visit...
Iran's leader says rioters 'must be put in their place'...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's supreme leader insisted Saturday that...
US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, T...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hours after an audacious military operation that pluc...
Rare mushroom discovered growing in southwest Japan
MISATO, Miyazaki -- A wild mushroom found growing within the grounds of a forest...
Japan using Saudi-made coral skeletons from expo for se...
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Japanese universities are seeking to restore coral reefs and ma...
Share of firms seeing Japan growth in 2026 slips to 70%...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Seventy percent of major Japanese firms believe the domestic ec...
Japan gov't says closely watching Venezuela situation a...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Sunday it is closely watching the ...
Myanmar's military government releases more than 6,100 ...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Myanmar's military government granted amnesty to more than 6,100...
Babysitting services for foreign tourists taking off in...
Foreign-language babysitting services for foreign tourists are beginning to take...
Rush of travelers returning from New Year holidays peaks
The travel rush of people returning from year-end and New Year holidays in Japan...
Tokyo sees 1st snow of season
Snow fell in central Tokyo on Friday, the season's first snowfall in the capital...
Streaker bares all for emperor
Japan's emperor is generally treated with hushed reverence, but one man stripped...
Snow traps vehicles in 23-km traffic jam on expressway ...
Heavy snowfall caused a traffic jam to form Friday on an expressway in western J...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What's so special about that ne...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
BTS announces March comeback date, putting an end to a ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- They're going to light up 2026 like dynamite: K-pop group BTS' ...
Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over p...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian ...
