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NAGOYA--Two days after canceling an exhibition on freedom of ... Omura announced the decision to cancel the exhibition at a news conference on the evening of Aug. 3, citing the importance of public ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is asked to recall her first match against Williams, sweeping the 23-time Grand Slam champion aside in the first round of the Miami Open in March 2018. “It was cool because I’ve always ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya, Japan - A pair of cosplayers wearing samurai body-armour costumes from Australia took the crown of this year's World Cosplay Summit (WCS) held in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on Sunday. ... ( read original story ...)

Adam Walsh (right) said goodbye to Tokyo and konnichiwa to St. John's after more than three years in Japan. (Adam Walsh/Twitter) I am home. After three-and-a-half years in frenetic and crowded Tokyo I ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--The artistic director of an international art festival ... Tsuda, a journalist who was also involved in planning the exhibition, expressed his regret at a news conference on the evening that ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has been hit by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake just off the coast of Fukushima which could be felt in Tokyo. The strong quake struck at ... pictures and video on this breaking news story. Please ... ( read original story ...)

People in Osaka have welcomed the news, pointing back to memories of when the city first hosted a World Expo in 1970. But organizers are facing questions about the event's huge cost. On November ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--An exhibition featuring a statue symbolizing wartime ... the artistic director of the triennale who was also involved in planning the exhibition, said at a news conference on Aug. 2 that staff ... ( read original story ...)

We're considering how to respond to the situation, including the possibility of changing the content of the displays," he said. (Japanese original by Yasuo Yamada and Ayuko Nomura, Nagoya News Center) ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese scientist has been granted permission to bring a human-animal hybrid to term. After a ban on the practice was lifted this year, Hiromitsu Nakauchi — who leads teams at the University ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese cars ‘kimchi slapped’ in South Korea amid trade tensions Credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday said Tokyo’s decision to axe Seoul from its white list was credit negative for South Korea’s ... ( read original story ...)

6:40 p.m. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s decision to downgrade the trade status of the country. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Friday ... ( read original story ...)

One year from today, at about 7:20am local time, the first athletics champion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be crowned. It will be the first of 48 sets of medals that will be awarded during the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on Friday, with investor sentiment hit by global sell-offs over US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on China and the yen's rise against the dollar. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

The last time people saw Naomi Osaka at a tennis tournament, she cut off her news conference after a first-round loss at Wimbledon last month, saying, “I feel like I’m about to cry” and leaving the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka admits she has not enjoyed playing tennis since winning the Australian Open and has described the last few months as the worst of her life. The 21-year-old won her second consecutive grand ... ( read original story ...)