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A series of articles covering problems with investigations by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau that led to f･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people. ( read original story ...)

Individual Japanese investors welcomed the first trading week of the year by snapping up the largest amount of the nation’s stocks in nine months. ( read original story ...)

Cebu Pacific's (CEB) maiden flight to Sapporo took off on Thursday, making it the only airline currently serving direct flights between the two cities, and the largest local carrier to connect the ... ( read original story ...)

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central Japan, a ... ( read original story ...)

SACHICO, Japan's first one-stop support center within a hospital setting for women affected by sexual violence, has been asked to leave Hannan Chuo Hospital. ( read original story ...)

Japan's foreign minister said on Friday he would highlight the economic and national security value that the United States' key Asian ally offers during his visit to Washington for President-elect ... ( read original story ...)

The probability of a "megaquake" in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said Thursday, with a 75-82 percent chance of it happening. Such a jolt could potentially ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today the completion of its “Serendie Street Yokohama” project with today’s opening of a co-cr ... ( read original story ...)

A young Sci-Fi writer politician in Tokyo wants to govern the nation with AI, and has announced he will create a tool to aggregate public opinion, manage political funds, and even shape policy. ( read original story ...)