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The two new warships are planned to combine a development of the Maya class hull with the AN/SPY-7 Long Range Discrimination Radar. ( read original story ...)

A 22-year-old woman on Monday pleaded not guilty to parental neglect resulting in the death of her two-year-old daughter at their home in Sapporo last year. During the opening session of her trial at ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya Protocol is a global agreement that implements the benefit-sharing of genetic resources for biotechnology research and development. The event will also see the launch of. Lake Bogoria, is an ... ( read original story ...)

The plant in Salem will change from a 4-shift/7-day schedule to a 3-shift/5-day schedule, according to the company. The reason, according to a company statement, is an effort to improve the efficiency ... ( read original story ...)

The postponed Tokyo Olympics are to open in just under nine months, and there are still far more questions than answers. Organizers in Japan and the International Olympic Committee say they are ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday as investors bought back a wide range of issues after the benchmark Nikkei stock index sunk to a two-month low late last week. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ... ( read original story ...)

The industry is testing the waters to see what safe cruise travel might look like during the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The focus for many in local political party Osaka Ishin no Kai is now on how — or even if — they can continue under a new generation of leadership. ( read original story ...)

Korean director Kim Bora ( House of Hummingbird) and Japanese actress Ai Hashimoto discussed mortality, filmmaking, and the importance of human connection in a world in the grip of a pandemic, at the ... ( read original story ...)

Nine months before the Tokyo Olympics, Canadian decathlete Damian Warner finally has a place to train indoors after his regular track facility at Thompson arena on the Western University campus in ... ( read original story ...)

Both Hokkaido and its capital city of Sapporo confirmed record daily numbers of novel coronavirus infections on Nov. 2. Overall in Japan’s northernmost main island, 96 people newly tested positive, ... ( read original story ...)

A cruise ship with passengers sailed out of Yokohama Port on Nov. 2 for the first time since the novel coronavirus pandemic became rampant in Japan. The 50,444-ton Asuka II, operated by NYK Cruises Co ... ( read original story ...)

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on Sunday said the Tokyo Olympics organisers have a "cast-iron determination" to stage the postponed Games next year despite the uncertainty caused by the COVID ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) opened with a physical ceremony on Saturday (October 31) and video messages of support from global industry figures such as Robert De Niro and Christopher ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japan handball player Daisuke Miyazaki was arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting a woman at a hotel in Nagoya, investig ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui expressed his intention to resign from politics after his pet project to reorganize Osaka city into a metropolis like Tokyo was narrowly voted down in a second referendum on ... ( read original story ...)