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Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya to research ways to turn them into fuel. The Nippon ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's military will practice deploying anti-missile batteries at three U.S. bases in Japan as concern grows about the North Korean missile threat. The exercises will take place Tuesday at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo and at Marine Corps Air Station ... ( read original story ...)

A Columbus woman is claiming in a federal lawsuit that Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi fired her for raising concerns about discrimination against a pregnant employee and whistleblowing other employees' alleged illegal activity -- including sexual ... ( read original story ...)

AUSTRALIA and Japan have built up quite the football rivalry, particularly in the last 12 years. While its origins can be traced back well beyond 2006, it was THAT famous World Cup group game in Kaiserslautern, Germany that lay the foundations. And then ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Japan’s military and coastguard were searching on Sunday for three navy personnel who went missing along with their helicopter in a night-time accident, a navy official said. The Maritime Self-Defense Force lost contact with the SH60J patrol ... ( read original story ...)

Japan went through the routine three times in the fourth inning of the Little League World Series championship Sunday as Daisuke Hashimoto, Keitaro Miyahara and Natsuki Yajima homered, turning a tight game with Lufkin, Texas, into a 12-2 rout. Tsubasa ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Defense Ministry on Sunday said it was searching for three crew members of a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopter in the Sea of Japan after contact was lost with the chopper. One crew member had been rescued uninjured. ( read original story ...)

THIS is the big one. When we looked at this fixture — away to Japan in the penultimate game — even before this World Cup qualifying stage began, we always got the feeling it would be a crucial match and it certainly has become just that. A win for ... ( read original story ...)

Theresa May is under pressure to reassure Japanese companies over the likely impact of Britain’s exit from the European Union on their UK investments when she visits Tokyo this week. The prime minister will arrive on Wednesday on a three-day trip that is ... ( read original story ...)

Since the project was announced in February, the Japanese government set up collection boxes at local offices and retail shops across the country, according to news report. According to Japan's environment ministry, by the end of May, it had collected 106 ... ( read original story ...)

The Seiun Award winners were announced July 22 with Yasumi Kobayashi’s “Ultraman F” snatching Best Japanese Long Story and anime director Hideaki Anno’s live-action “Shin Godzilla” taking the Best Dramatic Presentation gong. Osamu Akimoto’s ... ( read original story ...)

Its task may be even tougher on Sunday, when Lufkin takes on 10-time tournament winner Japan in the championship. Japan has won four of the last seven Little League World Series, and Tokyo Kitasuna, the club representing Japan this year, has won the ... ( read original story ...)