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FILE - In this Saturday, May 19, 2018, file photo, Japan's Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko watch as Prince Hisahito participates in a sports event at a primary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. Prince Akishino, the second son of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines Co. has decided to go head-first into the home turf of Asia’s largest low-fare carrier. The Japanese operator, which is starting its own budget carrier next month, will begin flying to Southeast Asia initially, Masaru Onishi, a director at ... ( read original story ...)

HONOLULU — Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are visiting Hawaii for the first time. The Japanese royal couple is on Oahu this week as part of a yearlong celebration for the 150th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)

It takes about three hours on the Shinkansen, or bullet train, to travel from Tokyo, south to Osaka. We get to take the Hikari train, which has a top speed of over 160 MPH. It’s the fastest train covered by our rail pass, but not the fastest train that ... ( read original story ...)

Coming to the United States on July 1st, 2018, is Yokohama’s newest addition to the Geolandar lineup—the Geolandar X-MT. Fardad Nikham of Yokohama tells us, “For an extreme off-road tire with tenacious grip and killer looks, the GEOLANDAR X-MT also ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp is in talks to finalize a deal to buy Toshiba Corp’s personal computer business for around 5 billion yen ($45.7 million), as the Japanese electronics unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn seeks to re-enter the PC market, sources said. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has taken a voluntary one-year salary cut and 20 other officials were penalized for tampering with documents related to a government property sale linked to the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife. The Finance ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A self-driving car service could be on Tokyo’s public roads in time for the 2020 Olympics as Japan looks to drive investment in new technology to drive economic growth, according to a government strategic review announced on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Seigo Fujiwara, a Japan Post deliveryman, from the Otari village annual calendar. Photograph: Otari village office Keito Kobayashi has swapped his usual work clothes for the uniform of his second job as a volunteer firefighter. He is, the caption in the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has a sex problem. The country's birthrate is in the negative, where deaths are outpacing births. Simply put, Japan's population is decreasing. But let's be clear: Population change is a complicated subject affected by many factors. Western media ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Sayako had been trying to conceive a second child for two years when her boss at a Japanese daycare centre suggested she stop because she had missed her “turn”. Sayako, who spoke to AFP using a pseudonym, learned her boss had an unwritten policy ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has a sex problem. The country's birthrate is in the negative, where deaths are outpacing births. Simply put, Japan's population is decreasing. But let's be clear: Population change is a complicated subject affected by many factors. Western media ... ( read original story ...)

The news comes amid a dramatic slowdown in marriages. The number of marriages also fell to a post-war low of 606,863, down by 13,668 from the previous year. Forget millennials – Japan Airlines wants their grandparents on its new budget carrier The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's defence minister has urged the international community to keep sanctions and surveillance on North Korea, saying it has a history of reneging on agreements. Itsunori Onodera said North Korea agreed to give up nuclear weapons as early as 1994, but ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese city of Osaka and the Vietnamese central coastal city of Danang have became two of the most popular tourist destinations for South Koreans this year, an online ticket seller said Sunday. Osaka topped the list of the ... ( read original story ...)

The 13th-seeded American matched her best run in Paris with a 6-1 7-6(7) win over Japan's Naomi Osaka on Friday and probably expected to be facing fourth seed Elina Svitolina next. Instead, she is up against 31st seed Buzarnescu with a first Roland Garros ... ( read original story ...)