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TOKYO - The Japanese Olympic Committee and city of Sapporo announced Wednesday they will enter a dialogue process over a potential bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. JOC president Tsunekazu Takeda and Sapporo mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto made the ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Tire Canada brand ambassador Jean-Sebastien Sauriol. (Photo: Yokohama) The American Endurance Racing weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course may not have turned out as successful as race driver and Yokohama Tire Canada brand ambassador Jean ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- U.S. and Japanese ships and aircraft were searching in the Philippine Sea on Thursday for three sailors missing since a U.S. Navy aircraft crashed a day earlier. Eight people were rescued about 40 minutes after the crash of the C-2 "Greyhound ... ( read original story ...)

“I did not hear a sound. I thought what I was witnessing was something rare.” The news comes as it was revealed Japan is now planning to build its own cruise missiles capable of taking out North Korean missiles before they even leave the groun ( read original story ...)

Desire for historically faithful reconstruction clashes with accessibility for wheelchair users. As is the case in many cities in Japan, Nagoya Castle is a modern, concrete reconstruction. Originally, Japan’s castles were made out of wood, which meant ... ( read original story ...)

Their C-2 “Greyhound” transport aircraft crashed while on its way to the carrier about 150 kilometres (90 miles) northwest of Okinotorishima, a Japanese atoll. The Navy said the ship was operating in the Philippine Sea, which is east of the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)

McCain, which killed 17 sailors. During the weekend, another US destroyer bumped into a Japanese tug boat after the tug lost propulsion. Nobody was injured. Fox News’ Ben Brown and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Lucas Tomlinson is the ... ( read original story ...)

Sputnik interviewed Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, who commented on Japan-Russia relations, economic ties with Russia and the North Korean crisis. TOKYO (Sputnik) – The relationship between Russia and Japan is abnormal, due to the fact that despite ... ( read original story ...)

Eight people have been rescued after a US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed off the coast of Japan, the defence ministry has said. It says that preliminary US military reports indicated that engine failure may have caused the crash. ( read original story ...)

The Japan-based 7th Fleet says in a statement that the search and rescue operation has been launched from the carrier. It says the ship was operating in the Philippine Sea when the crash occurred at 2:45 p.m. Japan time. It says the names of the crew and ... ( read original story ...)

The resumption of TAAX's short-lived regular service to Sapporo, operated briefly in mid-2015, was confirmed by Mr Nadda, underscoring the airlines renewed route expansion, which will primarily cover Japan, South Korea and China. TAAX is working to offer a ... ( read original story ...)

The mother was charged with abandoning bodies, but could face additional charges, Sky News reported. Japan has the third largest economy in the world, but poverty, especially among women, remains a problem in the country. Poverty rates in Osaka are ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - A Japanese woman was arrested Tuesday after police say she confessed to putting four newborns in concrete-filled buckets two decades ago and having been filled with guilt over not caring for her babies. Human remains were identified in four buckets ... ( read original story ...)

There’s bad news for Japan as it seeks the talent it needs to compete in the global economy with an aging, shrinking population. Japan ranks last among 11 Asian nations in appeal to highly skilled foreigners, behind countries including Indonesia ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window The US military has banned all soldiers stationed in Japan from drinking alcohol after one of its servicemen was involved in a deadly crash on Okinawa island linked to drink driving. US troops on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- U.S. military personnel in Okinawa have been restricted to base and banned from drinking alcohol after a Marine was arrested over a crash that killed a Japanese man. Police on the southern Japanese island arrested 21-year-old Nicholas James-McLean ... ( read original story ...)