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Japan has welcomed in the new year with a traditional bell-tolling ceremony at the Tokudai-ji temple in Tokyo Celebrations have been scaled back or cancelled in South Korea following the Muan air ... ( read original story ...)

Russia developed offensive plans targeting civilian and military sites in Japan and South Korea in the event of a war with NATO, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 31, citing documents shown to the ... ( read original story ...)

This winter, the 1.5km-long street right outside the east exit of JR Yokohama Station turns into a sparkling wonderland. Stretching from the station to Grand Mall Park and beyond, this ... ( read original story ...)

Two people died after a fire broke out in a residential area near Tokyo Skytree on Tuesday evening, local authorities said. ( read original story ...)

New Year's Day marks the third time the Kyoto Tachibana Senior High band will perform at Rose Parade. Bands from Mexico, Panama and Denmark will march too. ( read original story ...)

The number of 18-year-olds in Japan totaled 1.09 million as of Wednesday, a government estimate showed, up by 30,000 from last year b ... ( read original story ...)

The newly launched ADVAN V61 is a premium SUV tire that delivers exceptional performance to meet the needs of automobile manufacturers. Along with ADVAN’s hallmark premium-grade driving performance, ... ( read original story ...)

Nicholas Ferres, Founding Partner & CIO at Vantage Point Asset Management, believes that Japanese equities are still undervalued, trading at under 10 times earnings. He favors large Japanese exporters ... ( read original story ...)

Indian sci-fi epic 'Kalki 2898 AD' reaches global milestones as producers reflect on worldwide audience impact and cinematic vision. ( read original story ...)

As Mana Sato, 37, struggled to cope with the changes that came to her after taking the last name of her now 32-year-old husband, she told h ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- What were until now thought to be the oldest human fossils found in Japan, known as the "Ushikawa man," are actually the bones of a bear, researchers recently announced. The fossilized bones ... ( read original story ...)

Concierge travel company Plan Japan helps navigate that 'unknowable' with access to impossible reservations that money can't buy at Tokyo's famous intimate, invitation-only dining experiences ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka was pleased to get through her first match in Auckland – and showed enough to indicate there could be a lot more to come. Facing Israeli qualifier Lina Glushko on Monday, it was a trickier ... ( read original story ...)

Weekend races in Japan and Florida point directly toward February's $20 million Saudi Cup in Riyadh and a potential rematch involving several global stars. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the court after an almost three month absence in the first round of the ASB tennis classic in Auckland. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka made a winning return to the court after an almost three-month absence Monday in the first round of the ASB tennis classic in Auckland. Osaka beat qualifier ... ( read original story ...)