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The 25-year-old from Regina died earlier this month while camping on the Island of Hokkaido in the north of Japan. He was visiting a hot spring one evening when he fell and hit his head. He drowned in ... ( read original story ...)

But the death toll may be more than double that, with Kyodo News agency reporting 11 people died on Saturday alone across Japan. An updated official toll is expected later this week. The heatwave has ... ( read original story ...)

This summer is already a killer and yet, the peak is in August #Japan Already this summer, more than 10,000 people have been taken to hospital due to the heat, according to the country's Kyodo news ag... ( read original story ...)

Japan has been hit by a heatwave with temperatures currently ... "We are mindful that we do have to prepare for extreme heat," he said at a news conference. "You're not the first country to host the g... ( read original story ...)

Japan and South Korea are in the middle of an extended heat wave. Japan’s Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths in Japan. Kumagaya is about 65 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of Tokyo. 1:4... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths in Japan. Kumagaya is about 65 kilometers (40 miles) northwest of Tokyo. 1:40 p.m. Searing hot temperatures are forecast for wide swaths of Ja... ( read original story ...)

The mercury is expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday in the city of Nagoya in central Japan and reach 37 (99 F) in Tokyo. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says the co... ( read original story ...)

The blue-checked Olympic mascot was dubbed "Miraitowa" -- combining the Japanese words for future and eternity, organisers said at an event in Tokyo. It expresses the hope for a bright future stretchi... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday (Jul 22). The Olympic mascot, a blue-checked pointy-eared figure, was ... ( read original story ...)

SAO PAULO – Japan's Princess Mako has arrived in Sao Paulo as part of her two-week visit to Brazil to celebrate 110 years of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to Latin America's biggest cou... ( read original story ...)

People across Japan have been urged to take precautions against a heatwave that has killed about 30 people. Thousands more have sought hospital treatment for heat-related conditions over the past two ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned the U.S that higher tariff on auto imports would backfire and harm not only America's jobs and economy but also devastate the global economy. Abe t... ( read original story ...)

By virtue of their hardiness they soon ended up in a government lab, and eventually led the Japanese government to impose a sweeping ban on the import of Canadian wheat, one it finally lifted on Frida... ( read original story ...)

and Sapporo, Japan. “We are pretty happy with the status of this candidature procedure,” Bach said on Friday at a news conference after a three-day executive board meeting The IOC leader suggests fewe... ( read original story ...)

Ottawa says Japan has ended its temporary suspension of Canadian wheat imports. Japan had halted shipments after some unauthorized genetically modified wheat was found in southern Alberta. READ MORE: ... ( read original story ...)

A government survey last year showed some 3.6 percent of Japanese, or 3.2 million people, had been hooked on gambling - often “pachinko” pinball - at some point in their lives. A Jiji news agency poll ... ( read original story ...)