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GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday urged Japan to do more to let children be children, free of excessive pressures or corporal punishment in school or at home ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan: After 44 hours labouring outside in sub-zero temperatures, the Thai team of snow sculptors has taken the top prize once again at the Sapporo Snow Festival. Their winning "Betta Brillia... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese e-commerce start-up Mercari, which went public last year with great fanfare, booked a quarterly loss of 1.1 billion yen ($10 million) and warned of more losses ahead as ... ( read original story ...)

The Ishigaki Summary Court in Okinawa Prefecture fined the two men about $900 each on charges of defamation, NHK and Kyodo News reported Wednesday. The defendants were fined last month for damaging co... ( read original story ...)

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Japan's leading mobile operator Docomo has invested in Hatch, a spin-off of Angry Birds game maker Rovio, to bring 5G gaming to Japanese consumers, Rovio said on Wednesday. Hatch ... ( read original story ...)

Five central and western prefectures in Japan have reported cases of the highly contagious virus at farms since January, Kyodo News reported. "We are facing an extremely serious situation," Agricultur... ( read original story ...)

Abe said Japan and Germany would work together to keep the global economy growing. "In order to do so, we need to minimize the impact on the global economy from Brexit," Abe said at a joint news confe... ( read original story ...)

My Japanese fans were always excited when i wrote ... Pete Davidson shares struggle with borderline personality disorder In other Grande news, a Las Vegas artist is suing the pop star, alleging ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy for helping create jobs, suggesting the government wasn't unduly worried that inflation rem... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week’s Qatar Open with an unspecified back injury, tournament organizers said on Tuesday. Osaka, who was set play for the ... ( read original story ...)

World Number one and two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week's Qatar Open because of a back injury, tournament organisers said on Tuesday. No more details were given ... ( read original story ...)

Longevity in Japan is another factor behind the aging of its population and rising costs for elder care. Aso retracted his comment when asked about it during a parliamentary session on Monday. He apol... ( read original story ...)

msh/nm (AFP, dpa, Reuters) DW editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it here. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Japanese P... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso has reluctantly apologized for saying childless people are to blame for the country’s rising social security costs and its aging and declining population. Aso ... ( read original story ...)

(Japan News-Yomiuri) By taking advantage of the antioxidant properties of polyphenol in the cacao used to make chocolate, it is possible to extend the freshness of choco-buri compared to regular farm- ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that ... perspective and also from the perspective of many European partners,” Merkel told a news conference with Abe. “And we hope ... ( read original story ...)