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Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of Fukuoka in southern Japan on Tuesday, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. Stoplights and sidewalks tumbled more than 10 metres as the earth ... ( read original story ...)

A giant sinkhole swallowed a five-lane street in the centre of one of Japan's biggest cities on Tuesday morning. The collapse began at around 05:00 local time (20:00 GMT Monday) near Hakata Station, the busiest in Fukuoka city in the southern island of Kyushu. ( read original story ...)

the U.S.-Japan alliance is the axis of Japanese diplomacy," Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on Tuesday, according to NHK and Kyodo news agency. Kishida also said that he had heard it is a "tight race" and that he will be "paying ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of a major city in southern Japan on Tuesday, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. Authorities said no injuries were reported from the pre ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA – The Kanagawa Prefectural Police on Sunday evening arrested a male Keio University student for pushing his girlfriend off a train platform and onto the tracks at Hiyoshi Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line in Yokohama. Yuki Ozawa, 22, a third-year ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese freelance journalist detained by local authorities in Iraq was released Monday after being suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group. Kosuke Tsuneoka was handed over by the authorities in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. reported Monday that its profit fell 15 per cent in the July-September quarter. Strong sales in North America and China failed to make up for sluggish demand in Japan and a stronger yen. Profit in the last ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo News agency has previously said that Tsuneoka was a freelancer reporting on the battle to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, and had been held by Kurdish military forces known as the peshmerga. 4 p.m. Iraqi officials ... ( read original story ...)

Raids were also carried out on offices in Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya. The Tokyo offices have already been raided once, in October. The female employee who died last December had worked 105 hours of overtime in October 2015, and was suffering from severe ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A Japanese freelance journalist detained by local authorities in Iraq has been released after being suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group. Japan's Foreign Ministry says Kosuke Tsuneoka was handed over by the Iraqi authorities to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities raided the country's top advertising agency Dentsu on Monday as they launched a criminal investigation into the suicide of a 24-year-old employee due to overwork on suspicion of systematic illegal overtime at the company. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Holdings is keen to acquire Czech brewer Pilsner Urquell, its president has told just-drinks, but only if the unit is separated from Anheuser-Busch InBev's other former SABMiller assets. just-drinks gives you the widest beverage market coverage ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Japan protested to China on Sunday after Chinese coast guard ships sailed into territorial waters of disputed islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo said. Four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding the islets, called the Senkaku in Japan and ... ( read original story ...)

THE Benjamini Mkapa Foundation and the Government of Japan have signed a grant agreement worth US dollars 126,726 approximately 268m/- to support the construction of operating theatre at Nkoma Health Centre in Itimila District in Simiyu Region. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan protested to China Sunday after Chinese coast guard ships sailed into territorial waters of disputed islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo said. Four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding the islets, called the Senkaku in Japan and the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan and India are set to sign a controversial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said on Sunday, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic and security ties to counter an assertive China. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ... ( read original story ...)