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TOKYO >> Amid efforts to use only recycled metal in the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, there is growing concern over a shortage of silver. Collection began a year ago and nearly twice as much silver is still needed. If the situation ... ( read original story ...)

On Monday, North Korea’s state-run Korea Central News Agency criticized Japan for asking other countries to put pressure on Pyongyang. In a commentary, it said Japan risks becoming isolated as North Korea and called the abduction issue “rubbish.” ( read original story ...)

North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency criticized Abe and other Japanese officials for insisting on pressuring the North. The news agency, quoting the North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, said Japan worries about being "marginalized from the ... ( read original story ...)

Rental site Airbnb said Thursday it had been forced by Japanese authorities to cancel thousands of reservations ahead of a new law regulating short-term rentals, apologising for the "extraordinary disruption." "This stinks -- and that's an understatement ... ( read original story ...)

At a joint news conference, Trump said Abe told him Japan was buying “billions and billions of dollars of additional products of all kinds - military jets, airliners from Boeing, lots of farm products.” “We’re working hard to reduce our trade ... ( read original story ...)

That will be the case for one particularly rare find: a World War II-era Japanese Type 94 Nambu Nagoya Army Arsenal pistol. "It's dated and manufactured from 1934 to 1945, and the markings on it are in Japanese, so it was obviously brought back from World ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese official told CBS News last week that the president "understands the importance of resolving this issue as soon as possible." A spokesperson for the National Security Council pointed CBS News to Trump's public statements on the abduction issue ... ( read original story ...)

but Kyodo news quoted sources as saying that the government had yet to decide on her proposal. A recent survey revealed that dozens of women working for Japanese newspapers and TV networks have been sexually harassed, with government officials, police ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 61-year-old man who suspected in the case and other crimes, reports TBS News (June 6). According to police, Mamoru Sonehara, a resident of Sumida Ward, allegedly thrust a knife at the driver, 68, while demanding ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — While raising hopes for denuclearization and a peace treaty to finally end the Korean War, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s newly found focus on diplomacy comes with an ironic flipside: It could be a godsend for his generals. Kim’s thinking ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea's state media Korea Central News Agency criticized Abe and other Japanese officials for insisting on pressuring the North. KCNA, quoting the Rodong Shimmun newspaper, said Japan worries about being "marginalized from the structure around the ... ( read original story ...)

Wood, 48, a Canadian who has lived in Japan for 30 years, thought he wasn’t asking too much of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, just a small part of what the law guarantees: up to 12 months of paid maternity or paternity leave and your job back. ( read original story ...)

This is Japan’s sixth consecutive appearance at the World Cup but the team has only once made it to the round of 16, reports Xinhua news agency. The Samurai Blue, though a predominant powerhouses in Asia with exquisite ball control and passing ... ( read original story ...)