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Japanese players and fans were left in tears after the country claimed its first ever victory against European opponents in the FIBA Basketball World Cup on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo seeks to reassure neighbours about the release of treated water from the damaged nuclear plant. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rebounded Monday morning, tracking gains on Wall Street last week as investors were relieved by a speech by the Federal Reserve chief that ended without surprises. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 529. ( read original story ...)

Japan's launch of a revolutionary new satellite that will aid scientists with understanding the warping of spacetime was scrubbed Sunday night due to strong winds. ( read original story ...)

Companies across Japan reported so many calls from Chinese speakers that they had difficulty operating ... ( read original story ...)

The reality star also shared gorgeous night views she witnessed, in a fun-filled post that received a lot of compliments. ( read original story ...)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is expected to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening. ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of performers in multiple groups adorned in traditional matsuri costumes perform choreographed dance routines in the the 25th Nagoya Domatsuri at the Nagoya Towers Garden in Nagoya City on ... ( read original story ...)

Concerns are growing among the organizers of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka that the event may flop due to the slower-than-anticipated construction of pavilions by overseas participants. The event ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has complained to the Chinese government after businesses and institutions began receiving volumes of abusive phone calls about the release of contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima plant. The calls come from numbers with Chinese dialling codes. One restaurant chain in Fukushima has received more than 1,000 calls. ( read original story ...)

Tests of seawater near Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday, days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors. ( read original story ...)

Phoenix Suns forward Yuta Watanabe scores just four points on 1-of-6 shooting in helping Japan upset Finland, 98-88, Sunday in FIBA World Cup. ( read original story ...)

The plan would take more than a decade to carry out and has mounting opposition from conservationists, civic groups, neighbors and sports fans. ( read original story ...)

An event to support people evacuated from Ukraine was held in Yokohama, near Tokyo. About 100 evacuees were invited to the event at the office of the Kanagawa prefectural government on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

Police in Nagoya have arrested a 52-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his roommate on Saturday. According to police, a call came into 110 at around 5 a.m. Saturday, saying that a man was ... ( read original story ...)

A plan approved earlier this year by Gov. Yuriko Koike would let developers, led by Mitsui Fudosan, build a pair of 200-meter (650-feet) skyscrapers in Jingu Gaien, mow down trees in one of Tokyo's ... ( read original story ...)