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Recent North Korean missile tests have landed in the waters off Japan, and in March state-run Korean Central News Agency said units conducting the drills were "tasked to strike the bases of the US imperialist aggressor forces in Japan." Since then ... ( read original story ...)

A battle over an anti-smoking law in Tokyo is becoming increasingly intense as the city prepares to host the Olympics. As Laura Frykberg reports, bars and restaurants are worried about their businesses and a ban could cut into government tax revenues ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said the fact that a LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) couple are foster parents shouldn't even be in the news. “The fostering program is necessary not for childless people, but for children,” said Yoshimura. ( read original story ...)

On Monday, Japan dispatched its biggest warship since World War II to ... with 57 percent opposed. Another survey by Kyodo News found 49 percent for and 47 percent against. ( read original story ...)

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A JAPANESE naval destroyer has left port on a reported mission of escorting US military ships off the coast as Japan tries to increase its military role amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula. The helicopter destroyer Izumo departed from the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to initiate debate in parliament on revising the country's U.S.-drafted constitution. The democratic and pacifist charter took effect 70 years ago on May 3. Abe, attending an annual rally on revising ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window One of Japan's largest organised crime gangs is reported to have split into rival factions, sparking fears of a turf battle. Some key members of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi have left to form a splinter ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN reportedly deployed a helicopter carrier to a US vessel ... Whereas a spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by its official KCNA news agency: "Now that the US is kicking up the overall racket for sanctions and ... ( read original story ...)

FUSSA, Japan >> Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighborhoods are on the front-line of North Korea’s dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just minutes to shelter from ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese youngster Ritsu Doan was always likely to be earmarked for greatness when he made his debut for Gamba Osaka at the tender age of 16 in both the AFC Champions League and J.League. The talented youngster, now 18 years old, had a productive April for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- "Star Wars" fans with deep pockets might consider it a golden opportunity. A Tokyo jewelry store is offering life-size Darth Vader masks made of 24-karat gold at a hefty price of 154 million yen (US$1.4 million) to mark the 40th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's navy has dispatched its largest destroyer reportedly tasked with escorting U.S. military ships off the Japanese coast amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula. The helicopter carrier Izumo departed the Yokosuka port near Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Star Wars fans might consider it a golden opportunity. Tokyo jeweler Ginza Tanaka is offering a life-size Darth Vader mask made of 24-karat gold at a hefty price of 154 million yen (US$1.4 million) to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Star Wars fans with deep pockets might consider it a golden opportunity. A Tokyo jewelry store is offering life-size Darth Vader masks made of 24-karat gold at a hefty price of 154 million yen ($1.4 million) to mark the 40th anniversary of ... ( read original story ...)