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Warning: Video contains graphic images. Discretion advised. A small community in Japan is hoping to keep the tradition of serving whale meat alive as the country is about to restart commercial ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's land prices rose for a fourth straight year in 2018, thanks to solid demand for office space and a tourism boom, a government survey showed on Monday. Average land prices ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese media reported. “I hope that this summit will lead to progress,” Abe was quoted by Kyodo News and Jiji Press as telling reporters at the prime minister’s official residence. ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Often referred to as the world's busiest crosswalk, thousands of pedestrians scramble across Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing daily. At peak times, the hypnotic pace of the changing ... ( read original story ...)

At the end of hectic negotiations between G-20 countries which went on till 5 am on Saturday, the Osaka declaration stressed on economic offenders as part of the anti-corruption theme — portrayed as a ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese fishermen will set sail on Monday to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades, after Tokyo's controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling ... ( read original story ...)

"We are very excited at the resumption of commercial whaling," Yoshifumi Kai, head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association, told the Agence France-Presse news agency. "My heart is full of hope," ... ( read original story ...)

KOBE, Japan (AP) — David Villa and Andres Iniesta scored two goals each as struggling J-League side Vissel Kobe beat Nagoya Grampus 5-3 on Sunday. Villa opened the scoring with his eighth goal of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan exited the IWC in its first walkout from a major international organization after three decades of lobbying for the restart of commercial whaling, reports Kyodo News Agency. It remains unclear ... ( read original story ...)

On Wednesday, asked about the treaty on Fox News, Mr. Trump sneered, “If Japan is attacked, we will fight World War III.” Then he added: “But if we’re attacked, Japan doesn’t have to help us at all. ... ( read original story ...)

However, Arab News reported in 2014 that at least 600 Saudi students had enrolled in Japanese universities since the scholarship program began in 2007. And in 2016, a survey conducted by the Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis - WTA Premier - Nature Valley Classic - Edgbaston Priory Club, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - June 20, 2019 Japan's Naomi Osaka looks dejected during her second round match against Kazakhstan ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka reckons that she can be guilty of over-thinking things but now her mind’s been freed of having to protect the world no.1 tag, the young Japanese is actually feeling liberated by the ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA - The Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Osaka concluded ... future-oriented growth path,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a news conference following the declaration’s adoption. Abe, who chaired ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Highlights of the agreements from the Osaka, Japan, summit of the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies, spanning a slew of issues including global warming, trade and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Friday cancelled plans to hold his first press conference since his arrest after journalists were notified earlier in the day about a briefing at ... ( read original story ...)