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TAKATSUKI, Osaka Prefecture--A 17-year-old male high school student and a woman were found lying unconscious in her apartment building here after the student allegedly broke in and attempted to kill ... ( read original story ...)

In this Oct. 25, 2015 file photo, Osaka Marathon participants fill Midosuji Avenue in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Mainichi/Maiko Umeda) OSAKA -- The combined 10th Osaka Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa ... ( read original story ...)

New Sanno Hotel housekeeper Shion Murayama gets a COVID-19 vaccine at the U.S. military-run facility in central Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) TOKYO — The number ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo posted 21 new deaths from COVID-19 on Feb. 16, the highest single-day count in the current wave of coronavirus infections fueled by the Omicron variant. The same day, the capital reported 17,331 ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 17,331 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Wednesday. The daily tally is down more than 900 from last Wednesday, marking an eighth straight ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks gained on Wednesday with the Nikkei index going up over 2 percent, as concerns over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine receded. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ... ( read original story ...)

By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno TOKYO — Women have never found a welcoming home in Japan’s labor unions. Sexism is entrenched. Problems like wage discrimination and sexual harassment at work are often ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—The Tokyo Stock Exchange, a former global No. 1 turned also-ran, has a plan for revival that calls for sweeping out the market’s dusty corners where small and lightly traded companies loiter. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo recorded 17,331 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday, with the daily tally falling below the week-before level for the eighth straight day. The ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered 17,331 coronavirus infections on Feb. 16, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, after registering 15,525 cases the day before. Of the 17,331 new patients ... ( read original story ...)

The figure topped 3 million on Feb. 3 and stood at 4,071,316 on Tuesday. While there are signs that new cases may have peaked in Tokyo and some other prefectures, the health ministry said on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

In an effort to expedite Covid-19 booster shot inoculations, four Tokyo wards have decided to open a joint mass vaccination centre at Tokyo Dome next month. The facility will open on March 3, ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Canadian women's speed skating pursuit team, who glided to victory at the Beijing Olympics after Japan's Nana Takagi suffered a late fall, said they felt sorry for their rivals ... ( read original story ...)