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Japan posted a current account deficit of 1,188.7 billion yen in January, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. That missed ... ( read original story ...)

A convenience store is, overall, an unusual place to find a craft beer-lover's paradise, but that is exactly what one 7-Eleven in this por ... ( read original story ...)

Third-party developers had a lot of updates to showcased today, on top of a couple of releases, about add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator. ( read original story ...)

Indian Wells, often known as the “fifth Grand Slam”, gets underway on Wednesday and will run until March 20th. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s dark era of forced sterilization under the now defunct Eugenics Protection Law is considered the greatest violations of human rights in post-war Japan. Between 1948 and 1996 some 25,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Legend has it there is an evil spirit trapped in the Sessho-seki stone, so what happens now that the stone is broken? ( read original story ...)

Soyoka Yamamoto petitioned Tokyo's governor to adopt a "partnership system" to protect same-sex partners. She hopes full marriage recognition is next. ( read original story ...)

Mr. Kelly’s return, after he was given a suspended sentence by a Tokyo court, ended a Tokyo stay that he thought would take just a few days but ended up lasting more than three years after he was ... ( read original story ...)

Toho Cinemas, Japan’s largest cinema chain, is under investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission for possible violations of Japan’s anti-trust law. According to reports in the ... ( read original story ...)

I did a few teaching interviews, got my papers in order, packed all I could into two suitcases, and booked my flight to Osaka, Japan. FEELING SEEN, UNDERSTOOD IN GHANA: 'African Americans are not as ... ( read original story ...)

As she aims for the pinnacle of women's sumo, 14-year-old Mayu Yanagihara is driven by a burning desire to compete on the male-only s ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Monday that the number of new COVID-19 cases came to 5,374, falling by 4,258 from a week earlier, slipping below 10,000 for two days in a row. The seven-day ... ( read original story ...)

All the facts about the coronavirus. Find the latest information and answers from experts on everything COVID-19. ( read original story ...)

The number of new COVID-19 infections in Japan’s capital city on Monday was 4,000 less than a week prior, according to public broadcaster NHK and city data. ( read original story ...)

Japan's top government spokesperson on Monday expressed deep concern that a new law in Russia is forcing foreign media to suspend operations in the country. ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan, March 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, is looking forward to the day when Japan can welcome international travelers once again. ( read original story ...)