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After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...
Emperor Naruhito hopes that his visit to Mongolia to commemorate Japanese wartime detainees who died there under harsh ...
The central government has designated 723 municipalities in 30 prefectures for ramping up disaster mitigation measures based ...
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Suffering from steadily shrinking hauls, fishing communities around Japan are targeting something that is much more in ...
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has a 10-percentage point lead over the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in terms of voter popularity heading into the Upper House election ...
A relentless series of earthquakes has shaken Akusekijima island here in the remote Tokara island chain, causing sleepless ...
BANGKOK--Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an investigation ...
Masanori Kin ran for a seat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on a policy of eliminating discrimination and promoting ...
A drone-based tsunami detection is taking shape along this famed surfing coastline to ensure a speedy evacuation of ...
Seeking relief from the brutal heat, I wandered into a botanical garden and found a cluster of “hangesho” (Chinese lizard's ...
Japan’s average land price rose for the fourth consecutive year, with hubs for foreign tourists logging some of the sharpest ...