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Cases of people being charged outrageous fees by plumbers to unclog toilets and other pipes are increasing across Japan, prompting professio ... ( read original story ...)

The Czech Republic’s health minister has resigned amid a record rise of coronavirus infections. Adam Vojtech says his move should create space for a new approach to the pandemic. The country coped ... ( read original story ...)

A consulting firm for Tokyo's Olympic bid committee paid around $370,000 to the son of Lamine Diack, once one of the world's most powerful sports officials, around the time Japan was picked to host ... ( read original story ...)

Leadership is a matter of policy and judgment, for sure, but it is also about vision and communication. Underlying everything Mr Abe did was a simple message of optimism and national revival. The ... ( read original story ...)

A consulting firm for Tokyo's Olympic bid committee paid around US$370,000 to the son of Lamine Diack, once one of the world's most ... ( read original story ...)

The report comes amid French investigations into the former head of Tokyo's bid committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, for approving around $2 million in payments to Black Tidings, a now-defunct consulting firm ... ( read original story ...)

Kane Tanaka, who has not been able to see her family due to the pandemic, celebrated with a bottle of Coke ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held his first talks with U.S. President Donald Trump since he took office, a diplomatic phone call that was one of his first as the ... ( read original story ...)

Bob Tobin couldn't speak a lick of Japanese. Hitoshi Ohashi couldn't speak any English. Still, they made things work. ( read original story ...)

US President Donald Trump on Sunday spoke to Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, to congratulate him on taking office and to discuss a "free and open Indo-Pacific" region, which is ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the importance of their countries' alliance in phone talks on Sunday, their first since Suga took over as Japan's new ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday that there was no plan for her talk by telephone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, after a Japanese envoy had told Tsai ... ( read original story ...)

Veteran forward Kazuma Watanabe came off the bench to score the winner as Gamba Osaka beat Consadole Sapporo 1-0 in the J. League first division on Saturda ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has moved close to easing severe lockdown restrictions after recording only 14 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. It ... ( read original story ...)

Train stations and airports in Japan were filled with people over this “Silver Week” holiday weekend running through Tuesday, in a sign of recovering local travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The 390-meter-high (1,279 feet) skyscraper, inspired by a flaming torch, is set to become Japan's tallest tower when it opens in 2027. ( read original story ...)