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Crime › 12:35 PM JST - 17th March
NAHA — A U.S. military vehicle hit a car on a road in Okinawa Prefecture and drove away without stopping Tuesday night,…
Politics › 03:00 PM JST - 17th March
TOKYO — The government will consider requiring foreign children to live in Japan to be eligible for child allowances, health minister Akira…
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National › 05:04 AM JST - 17th March
TOKYO — The Japan Society for Transplantation is considering setting up a new system that would open the door for…
Crime › 11:04 AM JST - 17th March
FUKUOKA — Using DNA testing, police have identified the torso of a woman discovered in Hakata Bay as that of…
Entertainment › 03:00 PM JST - 17th March
Actress Misaki Ito, 32, who married into a major pachinko empire by tying the knot with Kyoraku Sangyo…
Politics › 12:59 PM JST - 17th March
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will visit Japan in April to meet with his Japanese counterpart Hirotaka…
Business › 03:19 PM JST - 17th March
TOKYO — Tokyo stocks rebounded sharply Wednesday as investors were cheered by the Bank of Japan's move to take further…
Technology › 03:51 AM JST - 17th March
OSAKA — Sanyo Electric Co said Tuesday it plans to nurture a new business with solar power bicycles and parking…
Sports › 07:38 PM JST - 17th March
OSAKA — Promotion-chasing sekiwake Baruto dodged a bullet to floor Aminishiki and retain his share of the lead alongside grand…
World › 02:42 PM JST - 17th March
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and…
Police in Wakayama City have released this surveillance camera footage of a man who robbed a Family Mart…
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TOKYO — On weekends, you’ll normally find Iwao Ouchi in the garage, polishing his vintage Mini Cooper and Meyers Manx…
LONDON — A Japanese game show is taking the world by storm by becoming one of the top TV formats…
TOKYO — Architecture in Japan is a broad canvas. There is a great deal of history and a legacy of…
March 20 marks the 15th anniversary of the release of toxic nerve gas on the Tokyo subway by…
TOKYO — Some think that Roppongi Hills is cursed. A real estate agent owner jokingly comments, “Recently, people say that…
TOKYO — Panasonic's chief is optimistic about profit opportunities from taking over Japanese rival Sanyo, especially in solar panels, and…
Wit this new tennis shoe from Yonex, you don't have to bother with tying shoelaces. There is a…
TOKYO — When Nagiko Umino started out as a Japanese language teacher, she didn’t realize how much she would end…
TOKYO — All Nippon Airways said Tuesday it will start code-sharing flights with Continental Airlines of the United States on…