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Japan. Relatives of crew members were awaiting news of their loved ones. "Just heard the sweetest voice and saw a wonderful face. He's okay. Thank you all for the prayers," Rita Schrimsher of Athens, Alabama, tweeted after speaking with her 23-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

Picture: AP The Japanese coast guard said it received an emergency call from a Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the early hours of Saturday morning that it had collided with the Fitzgerald. Relatives of crew members were awaiting news of ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese coast guard officials dispatched patrol vessels and ... A concerned parent wrote on the ship’s Facebook page: “The news just reported 7 missing sailors, this is making my heart ache, please let us know soon! Praying for all aboard!” ( read original story ...)

It said the Fitzgerald was operating under its own power, “although her propulsion is limited”. Kyodo news agency, citing the Japanese coast guard, said seven U.S. crew members were missing. Reuters could not immediately reach the Japanese coast guard ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has no regulations prohibiting such discrimination despite the growing use of genetic testing for predicting people’s vulnerability to disease and potential reaction to medicines. The survey also revealed that more than 30 percent of the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early Saturday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country’s coast guard reported. Footage from the Japanese TV network NHK showed ... ( read original story ...)

Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompunmuang has wished Thailand playmaker Chanathip Songkrasin a successful career with J-League side Consodole Sapporo. Chanathip, who missed Thailand's World Cup qualifier against the United Arab ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya University research identified a patient with the whole-body skin disease epidermolytic ichthyosis that had been inherited as a germline mutation from her father with the milder epidermolytic nevus. Analysis of genomic DNA from the patient revealed ... ( read original story ...)

(Kyodo News via AP) Under the law enacted Friday in Japan, the 83-year-old Akihito's abdication must take place within three years. The last Japanese emperor to abdicate was Kokaku in 1817. ( read original story ...)

Japan hopes to locate and start removing the fuel after Tokyo's 2020 Olympics. The biggest challenge is removing hundreds of tons of melted nuclear fuel and debris from the plant's three wrecked reactors. Earlier, snake and scorpion-shaped robots became ... ( read original story ...)

The law applies to organized criminal groups of two or more people that have engaged in specific preparations for a crime, such as scouting a location, according to Japan's Kyodo News service. A sizeable crowd protested outside parliament as upper house ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's lawmakers have passed a controversial bill allowing authorities to target terror conspiracies. PM Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc pushed it through the upper house early on Thursday, despite vocal opposition. The government argues the law is needed to ... ( read original story ...)

and the legislation has been compared to Japan's "thought police", who before and during World War Two had broad powers to investigate political groups seen as a threat to public order. A Kyodo news agency survey last month showed voters are split over the ... ( read original story ...)

"I would like to give my whole heart and soul to every duty, including official duties I have already inherited from the emperor," the 57-year-old crown prince told a news conference on Tuesday. The Japanese parliament on Friday enacted a one-time law to ... ( read original story ...)

In a story June 14 about Japanese military equipment sales, The Associated Press omitted the name of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries official quoted in the story. It was Shoji Sato. A corrected version of the story is below: Japan seeks to expand arms deals ... ( read original story ...)

THE Socceroos’ bid for direct World Cup qualification has been boosted by Asian rivals Japan being held to a 1-1 draw against Iraq in Tehran. Group B leaders Japan’s failure to take full points has them on 17 points, with Australia one point behind ... ( read original story ...)