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A man identified as 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo's fashion district of Harajuku just after midnight. Police say he acted with an 'intent to murder ... ( read original story ...)

New year's eve is generally a muted affair in Tokyo. aw/amp (AFP, AP) Every day at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to ... ( read original story ...)

A small van has ploughed into pedestrians celebrating the New Year on one of Tokyo's most famous streets ... A man was arrested, with a police spokesman telling AFP news agency he had an "intent to mu... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A car slammed into pedestrians early Tuesday on a ... the entire front end smashed and officers and ambulance workers rushing to the scene. Kyodo News service reported that a ninth person was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—A car slammed into pedestrians early Tuesday on a street ... entire front end smashed and officers and ambulance workers rushing to the scene. Kyodo News Service reported that a ninth person was ... ( read original story ...)

A minivan slammed into pedestrians early Tuesday on a street where people had gathered for New Year's festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people ... ambulance workers rushing to the scene. K... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Police said a car slammed into pedestrians on a street where people had gathered for New Year's festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people. Police took into custody a man in his 20s ... ( read original story ...)

It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. Japan, in many respects a model global citizen, has long been an outlier on whaling, an industry that most nations have abandoned as cruel, unne... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo District Court has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days, TV Asahi reported on Monday. Ghosn, accused of aggravated breach of tr... ( read original story ...)

Backing up from a US Open title is never easy – just ask Samantha Stosur. But the Australian veteran believes Japan’s Naomi Osaka has the mental toughness to kick on from her Flushing Meadows triumph ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Floyd Mayweather is promising entertainment when he fights Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in three rounds of exhibition boxing on New Year's Eve, but not necessarily a knockout. "If it h... ( read original story ...)

Inspired by athletes at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Sparks, 20, set his sights on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he aims to win gold for Canada. “Dylan has a really clear goal,” said ... ( read original story ...)

She had cut an anxious figure in front of media in Brisbane but tennis star Naomi Osaka says she is feeling no pressure being the hunted ahead of the Australian Open. The reigning US Open champion had ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA - Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui revealed Wednesday that his Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka) political group had signed a deal with Komeito, in April 2017, to hold a referendum on merging the city’s wa... ( read original story ...)

Japan switched to what it calls research whaling ... seek the coexistence of states with different views,” he said at a news conference. Suga said the commercial hunts would be limited to ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber announced that it will participate in the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019 to be held January 11–13 at Makuhari Messe. The Yokohama exhibit will showcase the Company’s tires and aluminum wheels. ... ( read original story ...)