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While parts of the Northeast U.S. were getting buried by more than three feet (or around a meter) of snow earlier this week, the high terrain of Japan dealt with about twice that much. Extreme ... ( read original story ...)

There's still a question mark over the Olympics, but India's second-highest ranked TT player, now in Tokyo, tells us of his experience so far. ( read original story ...)

Rescuers are trying to free more than 1,000 vehicles which have been stranded on a highway overnight after a heavy snow storm struck Japan. Self-defence forces distributed food, fuel and blankets to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's TV Asahi said on Friday a report that it broadcast saying prosecutors had questioned former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over political funding was untrue and apologized to him. Abe, who stepped ... ( read original story ...)

Rescuers may take until Saturday morning to free all the stranded vehicles, the company that manages the highway said. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- The central Japan city of Nagoya has seen a sharp rise in severe COVID-19 cases since November, when Japan's "third wave" of infections set in, with infections in Aichi Prefecture remining ... ( read original story ...)

Shoko Arai says she was ‘punished’ for making accusation against mayor ... ( read original story ...)

Self-defence forces called out to provide food, blankets and fuel to motorists after sudden snowfall ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is now battling its latest coronavirus wave and has had to postpone its 'Go To' domestic travel campaign, which helped to somewhat boost its economic recovery in the third quarter, says Jun ... ( read original story ...)

The Sapporo International Art Festival is pleased to announce the launch of our new project “Sapporo International Art Festival 2020 Plans and Ideas–We will bring the cancelled exhibition SIAF2020 to ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government now expects the economy to grow 4.0% in price-adjusted real terms in the next fiscal year starting April 2021. ( read original story ...)

Traditions are a big deal at this time of year—and to hot rodders all the time. One of the coolest December traditions in this hobby is the annual Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show in Yokohama, Japan, ... ( read original story ...)

Russia's ban from all major sporting events after a doping scandal is cut to two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. ( read original story ...)

A former war crimes trial interpreter, he was the first native-born Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times and a longtime correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor. ( read original story ...)

Decision stems from the country's appeal of a punishment handed down last year by the World Anti-Doping Agency. ( read original story ...)

As one of the most challenging years in recent memory wanes, these 20 sports stars used their platform to inspire and bring about change in 2020. ( read original story ...)