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It has been almost a year since we last saw Rafael Nadal in action. The Spaniard last played competitive tennis 344 days precisely at the 2023 Australian Open where he lost in the second round. The former World Number 1 has been suffering from injuries since then, ( read original story ...)

Luxury retailer Takashimaya says it "betrayed the expectations of many customers". ( read original story ...)

Blood donors are needed as the inventory of blood for transfusions in eastern Japan's Kanto-Koshinetsu region is now at its tightest for fisc･･･ ( read original story ...)

A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have "grave consequences" for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court has ordered the central and Tokyo Metropolitan governments to pay damages over the wrongful arrests and detention of three people suspected of involvement in what they considered to ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government and the state to compensate the president of a Yokohama-based ... ( read original story ...)

Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years. ( read original story ...)

Toyota subsidiary has admitted falsifying data on some models for more than 30 years ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday on a weaker yen lifting exporters after a summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan's recent policy meet ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese take their Christmas cakes seriously. So when some “Strawberry Frill Shortcakes” ordered online from Takashimaya Co. started showing up at customers’ doorsteps in crumbled heaps, the incident was destined to become headline news, complete with deep-bowed apologies broadcast on national television. ( read original story ...)

Former No. 1 and new mom Naomi Osaka has hit the practice court ahead of the Brisbane International as she prepares for her much anticipated return to tennis. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s regulator cleared one hurdle for the nation’s top utility to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant. ( read original story ...)

Police received a phone call around 11:20 a.m., in which the caller said 'I killed a person' at a karaoke facility near JR Nagoya Station. ( read original story ...)

Japan's nuclear power regulator on Wednesday lifted an operational ban it imposed on Tokyo Electric Power's massive Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant two years ago, clearing the path for it to resume a process towards a restart. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is set to make her first appearance at a major tournament since the 2022 US Open at next month's Australian Open, a Grand Slam she has won twice before. ( read original story ...)

The SLIM spacecraft — nicknamed the Moon Sniper — is now in lunar orbit ahead of Japan’s planned attempt to land the vehicle on the moon’s surface in mid-January. ( read original story ...)