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TOKYO — A Japanese journalist deported from Iraq denied on Thursday ... "Obviously I was suspected as an IS member trying to sneak into a news conference," he said. The Kurdistan Region Security Council accused him of having links to the IS group. ( read original story ...)

As recently as late last week, government officials leaked to the Japanese news media that Mr. Abe was planning a visit to Washington in February — to meet with Mrs. Clinton. The surprise result had the prime minister’s advisers scrambling Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

India and Japan will ink about 12 pacts and possibly sign a crucial civil nuclear deal on Friday after wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Shinzo Abe aimed at giving a fillip to the bilateral strategic relations. ( read original story ...)

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday left for Japan to participate in the annual bilateral summit in Tokyo. "An eastward sojourn begins, this time for the Annual Summit with Japan. PM @narendramodi departs for Tokyo," External Affairs ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya University research team uses new image processing tool ... 0164342 Feel free to share this Neuroscience News. ( read original story ...)

An inside job is suspected in the robbery of the Yokohama Trading head office, from where over $17M was stolen in a gun-point hold up on Monday. A police source told Stabroek News yesterday that the matter is being thoroughly investigated and given special ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Prefecture could play a part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after organisers on Wednesday approved a plan to hold part of the baseball-softball competition in the disaster-hit region. The prefecture was devastated by the ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach raised the possibility of Fukushima opening the baseball-softball competition at the World Forum on Sport and Culture in Tokyo last month. The prefecture is one of three proposed venues ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks plunged after choppy trading Wednesday morning ... To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. We offer a broad range of subscription options depending on your needs. Learn more. ( read original story ...)

A male Tokyo university student shoved his girlfriend off a train platform into an oncoming train in Yokohama (TBS News) KANAGAWA (TR) – A male Tokyo university student was arrested on attempted murder charges for allegedly shoving his girlfriend into an ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - An Edelman Japan study of 700 respondents has found that 60 percent see staging the Tokyo 2020 games as a good thing for Japan, with 23 percent describing themselves as “very positive” about it. Those in the senior age bracket are the most ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo : Medals for the Tokyo Olympics will be made from old smartphones and other electronic products, organisers said Wednesday, as they look to give the Games an environmentally friendly hue. "Medals made with recycled metals from discarded mobile phones ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto paid a call on Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda in Tokyo on Tuesday to present the city's plan for hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2026. "I asked him to think about Japan's bidding to host ... ( read original story ...)

Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of Fukuoka in southern Japan on Tuesday, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. Stoplights and sidewalks tumbled more than 10 metres as the earth ... ( read original story ...)

A giant sinkhole swallowed a five-lane street in the centre of one of Japan's biggest cities on Tuesday morning. The collapse began at around 05:00 local time (20:00 GMT Monday) near Hakata Station, the busiest in Fukuoka city in the southern island of Kyushu. ( read original story ...)

the U.S.-Japan alliance is the axis of Japanese diplomacy," Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on Tuesday, according to NHK and Kyodo news agency. Kishida also said that he had heard it is a "tight race" and that he will be "paying ... ( read original story ...)