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Politics › 09:43 PM JST - 21st December
TOKYO — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama decided Monday not to set an income limit in providing monthly allowances to families with children,…
Crime › 10:16 AM JST - 21st December
HIROSHIMA — A 26-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder on Sunday after he allegedly stabbed his father in their home in…
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National › 10:15 AM JST - 21st December
CHIBA — Two women were killed in a residential fire in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, early Monday morning, police said. They…
Crime › 11:19 AM JST - 21st December
YAMAGATA — Police sent papers to prosecutors Monday on three train operation controllers over the 2005 fatal derailment of a…
Entertainment › 03:06 AM JST - 22nd December
TOKYO — Actress Kyoko Fukada, 27, revealed recently she had a hard time with her role as a nature photographer…
Politics › 01:06 PM JST - 21st December
TOKYO — Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa admitted Monday that Emperor Akihito's exceptional meeting with a senior…
Business › 03:13 PM JST - 21st December
TOKYO — The key Nikkei index rose Monday to an eight-week closing high on gains in resource-linked and technology shares,…
Technology › 05:00 AM JST - 21st December
NEW YORK — For the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users — first gently, then firmly — to review…
Sports › 04:11 PM JST - 21st December
TOKYO — The Lotte Marines on Monday announced the acquisition of left-hander Bill Murphy, who spent most of the 2009…
World › 11:42 AM JST - 21st December
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian man publicly confessed to pushing dozens of needles into his 2-year-old stepson, saying Sunday in a…
Features
TOKYO — It’s a question that has troubled the greatest minds for decades: how did Christmas in Japan become synonymous…
LOS ANGELES — Nelson Mandela made clear that Morgan Freeman was the man he would want to play him in a…
I recently attended a breakfast meeting with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Angel Gurria, Secretary General…
On Nov 30, Osaka's progressive Gov Toru Hashimoto -- known in local circles as "Naniwa no Kenka-ya" (the…
TOKYO — The most recent news about actress Erika Sawajiri, 23, currently residing in Spain, is that she is planning…
TOKYO — When Donna Burke arrived in Japan from Perth, Western Australia, in 1996, she was ready for an adventure.…
TOKYO — Platinum Pen has released a special edition reproduction of Japan’s first mechanical pencil. The lead is inserted from…
TOKYO — Britain’s "Rough Guide" series has been helping itinerant travelers navigate foreign destinations for nearly 30 years. As globetrotting…
FUKUI — Packing in students led to raking in profits for an inexpensive inn run by the Fukui city government…