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Defense Forces arrive at a temporary hospital for serious COVID-19 cases in Osaka’s Sumiyoshi Ward on Dec. 15. (Pool) OSAKA--An emergency hospital set up for COVID-19 patients in serious condition ... ( read original story ...)

Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, admitted killing nine people he befriended online after they expressed suicidal thoughts ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese space agency officials say they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a distant asteroid ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country. The ... ( read original story ...)

CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, is a London-based non-profit that gathers, distributes and promotes information on environmental issues. Its 2020 list includes more than 300 ... ( read original story ...)

Jeepspeed. Starting in 2021, Yokohama will be the title sponsor and exclusive tire provider in the Yokohama Tire Jeepspeed Race Series. Jeepspeed is a class within the Best In The Desert (BITD) racing ... ( read original story ...)

As Japan looks to make real progress with its IR strategy next year, leading contenders to host the venues shape their frameworks. ( read original story ...)

The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics is to start in just over three months, and it faces the same questions as the Olympics about being held safely during the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

A third of Japanese residents want the Tokyo Olympics to be scrapped amid fears that an influx of foreign arrivals may cause a further spike in COVID-19 cases, a poll by public broadcaster NHK showed ... ( read original story ...)

Officials from Japan's space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka – A facility dedicated to coronavirus patients with serious symptoms opened Tuesday in Osaka, with the Self-Defense Forces as well as other regions of Japan sending nurses to make up for a staff ... ( read original story ...)

A man dubbed Japan's "Twitter killer" was sentenced to death by a court on Tuesday for using social media to lure nine people to their deaths, including several young women who were contemplating ... ( read original story ...)

Tiny boat swept away in 2011 disaster may have reached the waters off the US west coast ... ( read original story ...)

Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km (186 million miles) from Earth were better than hoped for, with one researcher saying he was lost for words ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese man who murdered nine people after contacting them on Twitter has been sentenced to death, in a high-profile case that has shocked the country.Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter killer ... ( read original story ...)

But chances are it was an artificial version that Japanese growers say is a world away from their 'green gold'. Unlike the spicy neon concoction familiar to many fans of Japanese cuisine -- which is ... ( read original story ...)