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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed on Monday the victory of a ruling party-backed candidate in a mayoral election on Okinawa, vowing to press ahead with a controversial plan to move a U.S. Marines air base on the southern island. ( read original story ...)

“I’m actually preparing the settlement system,” the spokeswoman was quoted by the news outlet. Bitpoint Japan also subsequently issued its own statement clarifying the situation. “We will notify you as to the specific service start time and its ... ( read original story ...)

Kanagawa Prefectural Police are investigating a stabbing incident at an apartment complex in Yokohama on Sunday that left one man dead and another seriously injured, reports TBS News (Feb. 4). At just past 3:00 p.m., police were tipped off about a ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka police arrested a former employee of a supermarket in ... “I know about the incident from the news, but i, personally, do not recall the matter,” the suspect was quoted by police. According to police, Hiraki surfaced as a person of interest ... ( read original story ...)

The figure was released by the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on January 26, according to Kyodo News. By October 2017, the number of Vietnamese workers in Japan had increased by 40 percent compared with the same period in 2016 to 240,259. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Peace Boat has sailed into Sydney Harbour carrying survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings as well as descendants of Aboriginal survivors of the 1950s Maralinga nuclear testing, to advocate for nuclear disarmament. The 11-storey vessel is ... ( read original story ...)

Efforts to relocate a US air base on Japan's Okinawa appeared to move a step forward on Sunday, more than two decades after they began, with the electoral victory of a new mayor backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc. Taketoyo Toguchi ... ( read original story ...)

In the relatively new market of video services in Japan, one clearly stands above the rest. But you might be surprised what it is. It’s been a long time coming, but Japan has finally embraced subscription-based video streaming services. While video ... ( read original story ...)

Haunted by the memory of her Olympic heartbreak four years ago, Japan's ski jumping superstar Sara Takanashi has a point to prove in Pyeongchang. But despite being the most successful female ski jumper of all time, the 21-year-old must break a perplexing ... ( read original story ...)

Abe will speak with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and discuss evacuation support for Japanese citizens. Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images President Donald Trump told Moon and Abe to continue pressuring North Korea about its nuclear arms program and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has deployed its first operational F-34 stealth fighter to the Misawa Air Base. The development comes as China is becoming increasingly bold in the East China Sea and around disputed territory. The F-35 will replace Japan's aging F-4s, and will ... ( read original story ...)

The 30-year-old cyclist from Japan is taking five Canadian winters to travel the thousands of kilometres from Winnipeg to Resolute, NU, crossing highways, frozen lakes, ice roads and oceans, and he’s doing it all on his own. “My policy is just manpower ... ( read original story ...)