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Japan has demanded China release one of its nationals after the man was arrested by Beijing on allegations of espionage. The man, an employee of drug-maker Astellas in his 50s, has been detained since ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing has detained more than a dozen Japanese nationals on suspicion of spying in the past decade. ( read original story ...)

More than 80,000 people in Japan go missing every year. Osaka's Kamagasaki slum is where some people go when they don't want to be found. ( read original story ...)

A group of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns, ( read original story ...)

Prosecutors in Osaka have indicted a man for murdering a female acquaintance with thallium, which was used as rat poison.Kazuki Miyamoto, 37, is accused of killing 21-year-old university student ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- Two young twin boys who died after falling from the seventh floor of an apartment building in this central Japan city may have climbed up a shelf placed near the window and unlocked it on ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is demanding that China release a Japanese national detained in Beijing earlier this month for allegedly breaking the law ( read original story ...)

Kazuki Miyamoto, 37, is accused of killing 21-year-old university student Hinako Hamano last October by lacing her drink with thallium. Thallium was also recently found in his female relative, who has been in a coma since July 2020, ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) said on Monday that it had won the rights to develop up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of floating offshore wind capacity across two projects in Scotland together with Norway-based company Vargronn. ( read original story ...)

Kobayashi was victorious outside of Japan for the first time in the 2022-2023 season, having won twice on home snow in Sapporo in January. "I'm happy to win finally," the 26-year-old said, adding ... ( read original story ...)

Three men who had posted obscene photos at Ghibli Park on Twitter visited the Aichi Prefectural Government office on March 22 to apologize, ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The cherry trees of Washington, D.C. — which blossom beautifully each spring — were a gift from the people of Tokyo and were planted on this day in history, March 17, 1912. ( read original story ...)

Australia national carrier Qantas has resumed direct flights between Melbourne and Tokyo for the first time in more than three year ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning, spurred by buying of technology shares after gains by U.S. peers late last week, while lingering fears of financial turmoil in the United States and Europe weighed on bank shares. ( read original story ...)

"Harry manifested this," Hirsch wrote alongside the footage. The throwback clip comes just hours after a video, which saw Styles and Ratajkowski locking lips on the streets of Tokyo, Japan, where Styles is currently touring, nearly broke the internet. ( read original story ...)

Japan's business-to-business services inflation picked up in February on a tourism rebound and rising labour costs, data showed, offering the central bank hope that steady wage hikes would aid in ... ( read original story ...)