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Foreigners are being stopped by Japanese police in suspected racial profiling events, according to the US Embassy in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

A school operator in central Japan ended its contract with an associate professor and issued a termination notice to another professor after ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly 10% of this eastern Japan city's elementary and junior high school students tend to be addicted to gaming and the internet, a surve ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo issued a tweet on Sunday warning that foreigners were being stopped by Japanese police in "suspected racial profiling incidents." "The U.S. Embassy has received reports of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly blackmailing the organizers of an exhibition featuring a statue of a girl symbolizing so ... ( read original story ...)

Nine buildings in the capital's Koto Ward caught on fire before dawn on Dec. 6 after a suspected arson case at a home, leaving a man with non ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning, tracking declines on Wall Street late last week amid worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may move to tighten its monetary policy soon, while large losses in ... ( read original story ...)

Tasmanian triathlete Jake Birtwhistle does not blame a farcical false start for a disappointing return from his maiden Olympic Games. More than four months after being caught up in arguably Tokyo's ... ( read original story ...)

Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers fired explosives and machine guns in drills Monday on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, a main stronghold for a nation that is perhaps the world's ... ( read original story ...)

What would you do if you woke up safe and sound in Japan only to learn that your home country was collapsing into chaos? ( read original story ...)

The elevation of Izumi demonstrates the Democrats are shifting even further in a pro-business and militarist direction. ( read original story ...)

So why the coal? The answer is the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. In 2010 about one third of Japan's electricity came from nuclear power, and there were plans to build a lot more. But then the 2011 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has lagged other economies in pulling out of the pandemic-induced slump, forcing policymakers to maintain massive fiscal and monetary support even as other advanced nations dial back crisis-mode ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Princess Aiko celebrated her coming of age at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace after turning 20 on Wednesday. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako #愛子さま成年行事 #愛子さま ... ( read original story ...)

Bobby Ray Parks and Nagoya could not weather the late-game storm of Perrin Buford as Shimane secured the 94-86 victory in the Japan B. League. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday, weighed down by a moderate fall on Wall Street late last week and growing concerns over the impact of the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the global ... ( read original story ...)