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National › Saturday 21st November, 03:12 AM JST
TOKYO — The total number of people with influenza who visited doctors during the week through last Sunday marked an upturn on a weekly basis, estimated at…
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National › 09:24 AM JST - 20th November
KAGOSHIMA — Two people sustained broken bones Friday when plasterboards fell from the ceiling of a makeshift passageway at a construction site in the JR Kagoshima-Chuo Station…
National › 06:19 AM JST - 20th November
TOKYO — The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France. His shocking crime? Awarding Tokyo more three-star restaurant ratings than…
National › 04:06 AM JST - 20th November
SYDNEY — Australia is ''deeply disappointed'' at news that Japanese whalers have embarked on their annual hunt to the Southern Ocean under the premise of scientific research,…
National › 03:49 AM JST - 20th November
TOKYO — Japan's official development assistance in 2008 rose 24.7% from the previous year to $9.58 billion (about 850 billion yen), marking the first increase in three…
National › 03:34 AM JST - 20th November
OSAKA — The Osaka prefectural government has come up with a plan that calls for scrapping Osaka airport upon the planned launch in 2035 of maglev train…
National › 03:31 AM JST - 20th November
NAIROBI — Japanese Red Cross Society chief Tadateru Konoe was elected president of the International Red Cross on Thursday, becoming the first Asian to lead the world's…
National › 03:14 AM JST - 20th November
TOKYO — A war-displaced Japanese woman currently on a visit to Japan from China will undergo a DNA check to determine if she is related to a…
National › 02:45 AM JST - 20th November
OSAKA — Four passengers aboard a Japan Airlines jet bound for Osaka were injured Thursday night when the aircraft was hit by air turbulence over the Pacific…
National › 12:46 AM JST - 20th November
FUKUOKA — The bodies of seven Japanese killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range in Busan, South Korea, were brought back to Japan on Thursday,…