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Trump inaugurates Board of Peace as Japan, other allies...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his Bo...

Kanagawa police to void 2,716 traffic violations, refun...

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Kanagawa prefectural police said Friday they will void 2,716...

NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will deci...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA took another crack at fueling its giant moon r...

Olympics: Liu wins women's figure skating gold for US, ...

MILAN (Kyodo) -- American Alysa Liu spoiled Japan's women's figure skating party...

PM Takaichi vows policy shifts to make Japan strong and...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday pledged major policy sh...

Zelenskyy hopes for defense cooperation with Japan, mee...

KYIV (Kyodo) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday expressed ho...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Golden eagle lays eg...

Morioka City Zoological Park in Iwate Prefecture announced on February 10 that a...

Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs in globa...

Japan's health ministry panel on Thursday approved the commercialization of two ...

Osaka gets ¥566 mil donation in gold to fix water system

Osaka has received an unusual donation -- 21 kilograms of gold -- to pay for the...

N. Korea hails S. Korea's vow to prevent drone incursions

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea has hailed South Korea's pledge to prevent the re...

Chinese visitors to Japan slump as spat rumbles on

Mainland Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 60.7 percent in January year-on-year,...

Overseas student cap raised at 3 Japan universities to ...

Japan's education ministry will allow three universities to accept international...

3 bodies found at helicopter crash site in southwest vo...

Bodies believed to be those of three people aboard a sightseeing helicopter that...

The Mainichi News Quiz: What might happen to Japan's co...

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

Japan PM to push constitutional reform with new superma...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A new supermajority in the powerful House of Representatives ma...

West Japan bus company apologizes after driver yells at...

TSU -- The driver of a bus in this west Japan city yelled at an autistic passeng...