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The insult competition started in L.A. 10 years ago features verbal smackdowns between comics from all over the world who use burns as their love language. ( read original story ...)

Tennis champion Naomi Osaka has announced a digital apparel collection with Meta Avatars. The collection will include five outfits designed by Osaka. ( read original story ...)

The owners of the new restaurant have applied for a liquor license in the Theater Square property formerly occupied by Cafe Kilimanjaro and Sapporo Japanese Grill & Sushi. ( read original story ...)

Jisoo, a member of the K-pop sensation BLACKPINK, will miss the group's upcoming shows in Japan after testing positive for COVID-19, the group's agency announced Thursday. YG Entertainment said Jisoo ... ( read original story ...)

Businesses and residents in Japan are making preparations as weakened Tropical Storm Mawar, previously a typhoon, approaches the country’s southern Okinawa islands. ( read original story ...)

Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide.The United Nations said last ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's prime minister unveiled a $25 billion plan on Thursday to expand support for young people and families in a bid to help raise the country's plummeting birthrate.At Thursday's meeting, Kishida ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Hitachi Astemo said on Thursday an auto industry veteran will take over as top executive from Brice Koch, who handled the automotive supplier's response to misconduct over testing and other ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will spend around ¥3.5 trillion ($25 billion) on policies meant to bolster its sliding birthrate, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday, without fully explaining how he will fund the plans. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government aims to set up an official clearance system for accessing classified information related to economic security as it seeks to strengthen cooperation with its allies including ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Thursday told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin he wanted to deepen security cooperation with Washington and South Korea after North Korea's failed rocket ... ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya District Court on Tuesday ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a large symbolic step toward marriage equality in the only Group of Seven nation with no legal ... ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya District Court ruled on May 30 that the lack of recognition of same-sex marriage under Japanese law is unconstitutional. The decision is the second of its kind on similar lawsuits. What is ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday on bargain-hunting following their sharp losses the previous day, further boosted by news that the ... ( read original story ...)

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, is spreading at a record pace in Japan, with the capital seeing approximately 20% more cases this y ... ( read original story ...)

Bereavement benefits will soon be offered for same-sex partners of those who pass away during emergency response activities, Tokyo's Setagaya･･･ ... ( read original story ...)