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Crime › 04:42 PM JST - 22nd March
OSAKA — Police said Monday they arrested a resident of Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture on Sunday on charges of accidental infliction…
Politics › 01:21 PM JST - 22nd March
TOKYO — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday in an address to Self-Defense Force cadets his six-month-old government has ''unshakably'' inherited Japan's…
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National › 03:12 PM JST - 22nd March
TOKYO — It's officially cherry blossom season again in Tokyo. The Japanese Meteorological Agency said Monday that the country's capital…
Crime › 06:45 AM JST - 22nd March
KOBE — A 27-year-old man who murdered two children in Kobe in 1997 as a minor has sent a letter…
Entertainment › 06:24 AM JST - 22nd March
TOKYO — Actor Kenji Sakaguchi, 34, will play the main role in a loose Japanese version of the hit 1988…
Politics › 04:37 AM JST - 22nd March
TOKYO — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Sunday he does not think the United States is adamant about pursuing the…
Business › 07:00 AM JST - 22nd March
TOKYO — Fast Retailing Co, the operator of the Uniqlo casual wear chain, will open its first Uniqlo store in…
Technology › 06:16 AM JST - 22nd March
TOKYO — Sony Corp will delay lithium ion battery production at a factory currently under construction in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture,…
Sports › 06:53 PM JST - 22nd March
OSAKA — Baruto passed his toughest test so far with flying colors at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday,…
World › 04:00 PM JST - 22nd March
AUCKLAND — New Zealand's national carrier has been forced to apologize after a 2008 crew manual revealed the airline profiled…
Actor Johnny Depp, right, and director Tim Burton pose at a press conference to promote their movie "Alice…
Features
TOKYO — Bowling is striking out with young people in Japan, as the birthrate continues to fall and students increasingly…
TOKYO — Nineties U.S. alt-rock icons Pavement made a virtue of their rangy, shambolic sound—the aural counterpart to their disheveled…
PARIS — With luck, last week's deadly dull Bahrain Grand Prix was not an unfortunate one-off but the first in…
Weep no tears for the world’s No. 1 automaker. Bad as things look for it at the moment,…
TOKYO — Maiko Itai, 25, of Oita Prefecture, who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2010 this month, beat out about…
TOKYO — Even in a recession, it is important to treat yourself to something nice now and again, whether it…
Walt Disney Japan has released new models to the “Disney Mobile” service developed with Softbank Mobile. The product,…
TOKYO — Mayumi Nishimura jokes that she doesn’t get invited out for dinner very often. “I think people are afraid…
TOKYO — The number of passengers on regular domestic flights in 2009 fell 9.6% from the previous year to 83.95…