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Abacus making a comeback with Japanese kids in an incre...
When I first heard my daughter was going to take abacus lessons after school, I ...
15 injured after sightseeing boat hits quay in Shizuoka...
A sightseeing boat crashed into a quay at the port of Numazu in Shizuoka Prefect...
As media trust crumbles in Japan, online buzz booms
In 2023, there was a major shift in Japan's media landscape. Weekday internet us...
Overnight train collision near Tokyo causes long delays...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A local train bound for Tokyo's Shibuya collided with an out-of...
Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahea...
CAIRO (AP) -- Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Mo...
Indonesian rescuers search for missing students after s...
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian rescuers searching for missing students a...
Guests evacuated from Kyoto hotel after portable batter...
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- Guests were temporarily evacuated from a Kyoto hotel early Mond...
Baseball: Roberts lauds Sasaki but won't 'pigeonhole' h...
PHILADELPHIA (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on Sunday comme...
2 Tokyo elementary school students mix sleeping drug in...
TOKYO -- Two students at a municipal elementary school here put a sleeping drug ...
Yen dives to 150 vs. dollar as Takaichi becomes Japan r...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The yen plunged by over 2 yen against the U.S. dollar to a two-...
Ex-Foreign Minister Motegi may serve in Cabinet of next...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's newly elected ruling party chief Sanae Takaichi may app...
Easy Japanese news in translation: About 800 locals cle...
A cleanup activity by volunteers was held at Yoshitomi Beach in the town of Yosh...
Nikkei ends up over 4% at new record high after Takaich...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index jumped over 4 percent to a record high o...
Many Syrians are unaware of the first parliamentary ele...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The streets of Damascus barely showed sign Saturday a pa...
Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes...
Gen Z's 'oshikatsu' travel fuels express bus use in Japan
TOKYO -- About 40% of expressway bus users in Japan are members of Generation Z,...
