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TOKYO — Mai Mihara placed second in the women's free skate on Saturday to help Japan win the World Team Trophy. The 17-year-old Mihara, the Four Continents champion, received 146.71 points and Wakaba Higuchi came third with 145.30, as Japan clinched the ... ( read original story ...)

The globally popular “Captain Tsubasa” soccer manga series will kick off as a live stage show this summer. “Super Experience Stage: Captain Tsubasa” will run from Aug. 18 to Sept. 3 for a total of 23 performances at the Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi ... ( read original story ...)

according to a different lawyer working on behalf of Moritomo who cited the construction company that erected the buildings for the elementary school as well as the central government and the Osaka prefectural government. The lawyer spoke at a news ... ( read original story ...)

SAITAMA, Japan — Shinzo Koroki scored his J-League-leading seventh goal of the season on Saturday as Urawa Reds beat Consadole Sapporo 3-2 to maintain first place in the standings. Rafael Silva and Takahiro Sekine gave Urawa a 2-1 lead in the first half ... ( read original story ...)

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TOKYO - A Japanese government panel has endorsed Emperor Akihito's apparent desire to abdicate but avoided a key question of succession amid a declining royal population. The six-member advisory panel in its final report Friday proposed Akihito abdicate ... ( read original story ...)

told a news conference. Japanese investors have stepped up buying of foreign bonds in recent years as an alternative to low-yielding domestic bonds. In the last financial year ended in March, Japanese insurers bought a record 7.76 trillion yen ($71.2 ... ( read original story ...)

... a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead seen in China and the two Koreas as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, a move likely to spark protest, Kyodo news agency reported. The offering at the Yasukuni Shrine spring festival came as Japan seeks ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s national public broadcaster also adds that officials ... Blockchain technology behind bitcoin sounds interesting. Last year, I saw several news articles such as “stores that install bitcoin payment (Coincheck Payment) reached over 260,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals. The leafy "masakaki" plant was sent for the shrine's spring festival the same day that ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent an offering to a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead, a move likely to spark protest, Kyodo news agency reports. The offering at the Yasukuni Shrine spring festival came as Japan seeks greater co-operation ... ( read original story ...)

... shrine to Japan’s war dead seen in China and the two Koreas as a symbol of Japan's past brutality and militarism, a move likely to spark protest, Kyodo news agency reported. The offering at the Yasukuni Shrine spring festival came as Japan seeks ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Three masked robbers snatched a suitcase stuffed with millions of dollars in cash from a businessman who had just withdrawn the money from a bank in western Japan on Thursday, police said. In the audacious daylight mugging, assailants set upon the ... ( read original story ...)

Armenian Minister of Emergency Affairs Davit Tonoyan today met with a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and discussed various joint grant projects now underway, focusing on one designed to improve the equipment used by ... ( read original story ...)

More than 60 companies, including big names such as beverage firm Suntory, Japan Airlines and Microsoft, have so far pledged to participate. Officials hope as many as 1,000 companies will take part, Kyodo News agency reported. (c) 2017 Vanguard Media ... ( read original story ...)

Tim starts walking down the stairs and finds the bus ticket counter. If you have little or no previous knowledge of the Japanese language and are trying to survive by yourself in this country, you should first remember some key phrases. The shorter the ... ( read original story ...)