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Kyodo News said Sugimoto confirmed his identity to its reporters who were on the same Air Koryo flight. NHK television quoted a Japanese diplomat as confirming the man's identity and describing his he... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday North Korea still posed a dire threat to its security despite a halt to ballistic missile tests and a pledge by leader Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean pe... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: The Japanese government on Tuesday apologised for routinely ... of people with disabilities," government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference. He announced the creation of a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan needs to bolster its missile defenses and its alliance with the United States, its government stressed Tuesday in an annual defense review that judged North Korea to still be a serious t... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan needs to bolster its missile defences and its alliance with the United States, its government said Tuesday in an annual defence review that judged North Korea to still be a serious thre... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya, Japan - A sedentary lifestyle combined with a diet dominated ... are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka won't acknowledge she's cool. She prefers the term "chill" instead. "I just feel like if people enjoy a person, if a person's personality is really good, then—I don't know—I feel like ther... ( read original story ...)

A “Two Years to Go” countdown ceremony hosted jointly by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was held on Saturday (25 ... ( read original story ...)

A “2 Years to Go” countdown ceremony hosted jointly by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was held on Saturday (25 Au... ( read original story ...)

Jockey Christophe Lemaire captured the World All-Star Jockeys Title at Sapporo on Sunday with 72 points. The two-day challenge pits jockeys against each other over four races, two per day. Lemaire won ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his candidacy ... He has denied wrongdoing. An Asahi News Network (ANN) survey published last week put his support at 38.8 percent, while ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea has expelled a Japanese tourist who had been detained by authorities on unspecified charges, the official Korean Central News Agency said late Sunday. A two-sentence report said that Tomoy... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Sunday ... He has denied wrongdoing. An Asahi News Network (ANN) survey published on Monday put his support at 38.8 percent, while a K... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama[Japan], August 24 (ANI): The city of Yokohama, in partnership with The Pokemon Company, has been holding city-wide "Pikachu Outbreak!" events for four years in a row. A lot of fans of Pokemon ... ( read original story ...)

(Photo: Yokohama) Rallio is designed to help dealers publish and personalize Yokohama-related social media content. “The Rallio app is a simple dashboard that allows distributors and dealers to receiv... ( read original story ...)

A confident Harri Jenkins believes the push to Tokyo is back on after storming his way to World Para Athletics European Championship gold in Berlin. The season has far from been consistent for the Wel... ( read original story ...)