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Japan, Italy agree to cooperate on economic security, c...

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Japan court rejects inmates' calls to halt hanging on i...

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Tokyo's Yamanote loop line train services fully restore...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo's Yamanote Line fully resumed train services early Friday...

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Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matc...

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Seven foreign tourists who were likely backcountry skiing became stranded and we...

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A railway power outage in Tokyo disrupted the morning commute for thousands of p...