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YOKOHAMA--Two women were killed and another man and woman were injured in Yokohama's Totsuka Ward on Nov. 25 when a van jumped the curb and plowed into them while they were waiting at a bus stop. ( read original story ...)

Dinner for eight is back on the table in the capital, with the Tokyo metropolitan government deciding on Nov. 25 to relax its guidelines on group dining at restaurants and allow that number at the ... ( read original story ...)

Ikea, which sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchenware, and home accessories, is renting little apartments in Tokyo which are about 10-square-meter in size. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 19 new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital on Friday. ( read original story ...)

No new deaths from COVID-19 were confirmed in the capital and the number of severely ill patients under the metropolitan government's criteria declined by one to seven. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, a densely populated city, has unique flood control facilities that help prevent rainwater disasters. To prevent flooding during the rainy season, there is a huge underground water storage ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a 770 billion yen ($6.8 billion) request for an extra defense budget through March to expedite the purchase of missiles, anti-submarine rockets and other weapons ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will tighten border controls for people arriving from six African nations from midnight (1500 GMT on Friday) after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered his first extra budget, funding Japan’s biggest-ever fiscal package, as he tries to lay the groundwork for what he’s billed as a new version of capitalism and ... ( read original story ...)

(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) DAINITAKARAYU OWNER, TOKUJI ITO, SAYING: "Dealer prices for heavy oil which we use to heat the bathwater have risen about 10 to 15 percent." "We have to pay about 50 percent ... ( read original story ...)

FORMER PBA import Rob Dozier makes his return to the Japan B.League, teaming up with Filipino guard Bobby Ray Parks at the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins. The team made the announcement on Friday, signing ... ( read original story ...)

While Yokohama Rubber is known as an automotive tire maker, the company also is a maker of aircraft fixtures and components, the company says. ( read original story ...)

Reposting subtitles from a YouTube video without permission constitutes copyright infringement, the Osaka District Court has ruled, after a m ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is taking on what she calls a "double standard" in sports against women. Recently, the Japanese player sat down with the Victoria's Secret podcast. During the talk, the four-time Grand ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks finished sharply low on Friday with the Nikkei index logging at a one-month low following reports of a new COVID-19 va ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced 19 new coronavirus infections in the capital on Nov. 26, after reporting 27 the previous day. ( read original story ...)