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TOKYO -- Japan's plan to connect its three major economic centers of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with just an hour's train ride has taken a major step back. Twice as fast as Japan's famed bullet ... ( read original story ...)

Setback expected after local governor rejects approving the start of preparatory construction work, citing environmental concerns. ( read original story ...)

A post on social media makes the claim that in Japan “looters and rioters” are sprayed with an indelible blue dye so they can be later identified by law enforcement. While the photograph that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's plan to connect its three major economic centers of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with just an hour's train ride has taken a major step back. Twice as fast as Japan's famed bullet ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's defense minister Taro Kono told reporters that the belligerence from Pyongyang was a diversionary tactic from the spread of the coroanvirus and the leader's health. ( read original story ...)

Summer Olympic Games were pushed back to next year because of the coronavirus. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio spoke with the governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, about how the city is preparing, and why Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Construction work at a section in the prefecture has been delayed by local concerns over the rail project's impact on a local river. ( read original story ...)

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Central Japan Railway Co.'s plan to open a high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027 was thrown into doubt Friday, as Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu ... ( read original story ...)

Day care centers for the elderly are one key example. After clusters of COVID-19 infections were reported at some such facilities in Nagoya in March, the Nagoya Municipal Government requested that ... ( read original story ...)

The $28-million modifications underway at Yokohama will clear and reinforce Izumo ’s deck in order to transform the vessel from a helicopter carrier into a light aircraft carrier capable of supporting ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has produced its first ninja studies graduate after Genichi Mitsuhashi spent two years honing his martial arts skills and absorbing the finer traditions of the feudal martial arts agents. The 45 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Friday recorded more than 100 new coronavirus infections for the first time since May 9, hitting its highest daily total since it eased a lockdown that had closed bars, cinemas and other ... ( read original story ...)

A court here ruled that a drastic reduction in public assistance payments in 2013 was valid, dismissing plaintiffs’ arguments that the decision was based on arbitrary calculations and the whims of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has confirmed 54 new cases of the coronavirus, with the number staying at its highest since early May. Japan lifted a seven-week pandemic state emergency in late May, and social and business ... ( read original story ...)

Welsh international centre or fly-half Owen Williams joins Japanese side NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes, making him ineligible to play for Wales. ( read original story ...)

The Osaka Municipal Government may have violated the city's own fire prevention ordinance by keeping some 330,000 raincoats together at the m ... ( read original story ...)