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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending slid in June but real wages rose at their fastest pace in more than 21 years thanks to higher summer bonuses, a sign the benefits of a prolonged economic r... ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama Beach parking lot is closed Monday while crews will be repaving and re-striping the lot. Speed bumps will also be added to the lot entrance. The roadway will stay open to traffic. If weat... ( read original story ...)

Japan is considering adopting daylight saving time next year so that athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games can compete in cooler ... time," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news confer... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Enduring a deadly heatwave this summer, Japan is considering adopting daylight saving ... daylight savings time,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference said, ... ( read original story ...)

It's a sunny summer morning in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Cicadas chirp in the trees. A lone plane flies high overhead. Then there's a flash of light, followed by a loud blast. Buildings are flatte... ( read original story ...)

"I hope cosplay will become more popular as it cheers up people and leads to communication with society," he said. (Japanese original by Hitomi Saikawa, Nagoya News Center) ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese technology company Softbank says its profits grew to 313.7 billion yen ($2.8 billion) in the latest quarter as it saw gains in its main investment fund. The results reported Monday re... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese technology company Softbank says its profits grew to 313.7 billion yen ($2.8 billion) in the latest quarter as it saw gains in its main investment fund. The results reported Monday re... ( read original story ...)

FUKUYAMA, Japan — It's a sunny summer morning in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Cicadas chirp in the trees. A lone plane flies high overhead. Then a flash of light, followed by a loud blast. Buildings ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering adopting daylight saving time next year and during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to allow sporting events to be held during the cooler hours of the early morning, ... ( read original story ...)

The games, to be held in Tokyo, will take place during the hottest part of the year in the city -- late July and early August, when the average daily high temperature is 30ºC. In fact, this weekend's ... ( read original story ...)

It's a scene that athletes, particularly in endurance events, could face in two years at the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, where the heat was blamed for 116 deaths last month, a fourfold increase ... ( read original story ...)

It's a scene that athletes, particularly in endurance events, could face in two years at the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, where the heat was blamed for 116 deaths last month, a fourfold increase ... ( read original story ...)

Officials in Japan have urged men to buck local gender stereotypes and carry parasols to protect themselves from the sun in the midst of a deadly national heat wave. At least 119 people across the cou... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s government urged a medical university to promptly disclose the results of an investigation into its admissions process after reports alleged it had altered the test scores of female ap... ( read original story ...)

ĐÀ NẴNG — Yokohama, Japan, and the central city’s Đông Á College have inked a comprehensive agreement on a nursing education and employment programme to serve healthcare needs in Japan in 2018-19. The ... ( read original story ...)