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Investigators say a car that hit seven children in western Japan zigzagged on the street before plowing into them. The driver, who has been arrested for alleged attempted murder, is believed not to ... ( read original story ...)

A road in the city of Yashio caved in during morning rush hour in late January while the 74-year-old man was driving his lorry on it. ( read original story ...)

Hosts and defending champions China booked their place in badminton's Sudirman Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Malaysia on Friday, while Japan also advanced after beating Taiwan in the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp on Friday posted 950.7 billion yen ($6.54 billion) in net profit for the year ended in March, down 1.4% from a year ago and slightly missing forecasts. ( read original story ...)

Even though the number of forensic pathologists is on the rise, there were only 173 such people nationwide as of April last year, with nine prefectures having just one each. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy probably contracted for the first time in a year in the first quarter, weighed down by softer domestic demand and imports outperforming exports, a Reuters poll showed, as U.S. ( read original story ...)

Japan könnte seinen Bestand an US-Staatsanleihen als Trumpfkarte in den Handelsgesprächen mit Washington ausspielen. Dies merkte Finanzminister Katsunobu Kato an und verwies darauf, dass Nippon der ... ( read original story ...)

Flying cars are popular at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. But there was an accident on April 26 during a demonstration flight. Here are simple questions and ... ( read original story ...)

A body has been recovered from the cabin of a truck that fell into a massive sinkhole that opened in the city of Yashio, north of Tokyo, in January. Police and other authorities believe it is the body ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese trading house Marubeni on Friday posted 503 billion yen ($3.5 billion) in net profit for the year ended in March, up 7% from a year ago and beating forecasts. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's envoy for US tariff talks in Washington said Thursday that the second round of negotiations between the two countries had been "frank and constructive." ( read original story ...)

Two seasoned trip planners on how to best tour the Golden Route through five cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO] Japan’s labour market remained largely tight in March, supporting momentum for wage hikes, while uncertainties over the global trade war continue to darken the outlook. Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)

One of Japan ’s busiest bullet train lines screeched to a halt Wednesday after a snake tangled itself in a power line, triggering an outage that froze the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka at ... ( read original story ...)

New visa application guidelines point towards mandatory disclosure of all Social Networking Service (SNS) accounts accounts used in the last 5 years. ( read original story ...)

Miike’s next film is “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,” and shortly after the film was reported as a hot package due to hit the Cannes market, Neon announced on Wednesday evening that it was boarding the film with plans to both release it theatrically in North America as well as represent the sales rights at Cannes internationally. ( ...