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The government plans to pick 10 municipalities nationwide to carry out intensive landscape development, aiming to create “Second Kyoto” tourist destinations ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Through the initiative, it hopes to attract ... ( read original story ...)

Reports quoting the interior ministry linked the man to al-Qaeda and Jabat Fateh al-Sham in Syria (Morocco World News, November 20 ... The Jamestown Foundation kindly allows Modern Tokyo Times to publish their highly esteemed articles. ( read original story ...)

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. stock fell 2% in early Friday morning trading after President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter that the Japanese automaker faces a “big border tax” if it goes ahead with plans on a new Mexico ... ( read original story ...)

Tensions between the two countries increased on Friday after Tokyo withdrew its ambassador to South Korea in a row over a statue representing sex slaves. Japan said the 1.5m-tall (5ft) bronze statue depicting a young, barefoot woman sitting in a chair ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has temporarily withdrawn its ambassador to South Korea, amid an escalating row over a statue representing wartime sex slaves. The statue was installed by activists outside the Japanese consulate in the South Korean city of Busan last month. South ... ( read original story ...)

Ume the kangaroo was found dead at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, which was previously questioned over its habitat conditions following a string of animal deaths (Nippon News Network) HOKKAIDO (TR) – A female kangaroo found dead at a zoo in Sapporo on Friday was ... ( read original story ...)

BUSAN, South Korea, Jan. 6 (UPI) --Japan recalled two top diplomats from South Korea because leaders in the country have allowed a statue representing "comfort women" to be constructed in front of its consulate. The Japanese ambassador to South Korea and ... ( read original story ...)

“The Japanese government finds this situation extremely regrettable,” Yoshihide Suga, chief cabinet secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said during a news conference in Tokyo, referring to the placement of the statue outside the Japanese Consulate ... ( read original story ...)

I was writing so that I can do my best this year," said 17 year-old participant, Shohei Mikuriya, a head of calligraphy activity in his high school in Fukuoka, southern Japan, who also wrote a Chinese poem. Winners will be announced at a separate ceremony ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN recalled its ambassador to South Korea Friday to protest the placing of a statue symbolising victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery outside its consulate in the city of Busan last month. In a move likely to reignite a feud over the so-called ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has temporarily recalled its ambassador to South Korea over this statue commemorating Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for the Japanese in World War II. Tokyo is also suspending economic dialogue with Seoul over the issue. The statue was put ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has decided to temporarily recall its ambassador to South Korea, Yasumasa Nagamine, in response to the erection of a new statue dedicated to “comfort women” in the country, the government’s top spokesman said on Friday. The statue, installed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Sputnik) — Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's top-adviser Katsuyuki Kawai and US National Security Adviser of President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration reaffirmed the importance of the alliance between the two countries, media ... ( read original story ...)

The defense and foreign ministers of Japan and France agreed at their "two-plus-two" meeting ... To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. We offer a broad range of subscription options depending on your needs. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.is acquiring Japan-based industrial tire maker Aichi Tire Industry Co. Ltd. The company expects to complete the acquisition by March 2017. Aichi's products include solid tires and press-on tires, which are supplied to original ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A nurse and the head of a nursing home in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, were referred to prosecutors Thursday on suspicion of professional negligence in connection with the death of a 68-year-old female resident whose artificial respirator was left ... ( read original story ...)