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The Hanshin Tigers became the first Nippon Professional Baseball team to reach 60 wins Tuesday after Teruaki Sato's 28th home run lifted them to a 6-2 victory over the Chunichi Dragons. The ... ( read original story ...)

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Japan recorded a record high temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture on Tuesday. Authorities issued a warning for 44 of 47 prefectures under the heatstroke ... ( read original story ...)

Japan clinched a landmark A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) deal on Tuesday to build warships for Australia, marking Tokyo's most consequential defence sale since ending a military export ban in 2014 as it ... ( read original story ...)

Japan logged a new heat record on Tuesday, with the mercury hitting 41.8C, the weather office said, warning temperatures may rise further still. Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years ... ( read original story ...)

Japan logged two new heat records in a single day as the mercury hit 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.88 degrees Fahrenheit) and then 41.8C (107.24 degrees Fahrenheit), the weather office said. ( read original story ...)

Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius (107.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, prompting the government to advise residents to stay indoors and promise steps to ease ... ( read original story ...)

Japan logged two new heat records in a single day on Tuesday, with the mercury reaching 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.88 degrees Fahrenheit) and then ... ( read original story ...)

A fireworks festival in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district descended into chaos on Monday evening, August 4, when two of eight launch barges caught fire, forcing the event's cancellation. Five crew ... ( read original story ...)

A seaside fireworks festival in the city of Yokohama, near Tokyo, was thrown into chaos on Monday evening after a fire broke out on launch barges. ( read original story ...)

The vessel was seen conducting suspicious activity around 335 kilometers west-northwest of the island of Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The 18th Wing said the wheel was recovered on the flightline at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean. The wheel was discovered missing while the F-15 was in mid-flight, and ... ( read original story ...)