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Starting with the Tsurumaru department store on the corner, there was a clothes shop, kimono store, musical instrument store, watch store, movie posters on the wall behind the old lady selling boiled ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Maritime Self-defense Force conducted anti-submarine drills in the South China Sea on Oct. 9, deploying three vessels including a helicopter aircraft carrier and a submarine, according to the ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- About 60% of novel coronavirus patients in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka whose deaths were confirmed by Sept. 15 passed away without being categorized as having severe symptoms. Such ... ( read original story ...)

The site in Osaka Prefecture dates to the 5th century and is known as the mausoleum of Emperor Nintoku, though debate continues over who was actually buried there. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Chan-hom brought powerful winds and rain to southern Japan on Saturday, with the weather bureau warning of landslides and flooding in most of the country. The storm, ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic officials have expressed confidence next year’s Tokyo Games will go ahead but admitted they will look unlike any Games that have gone before. ( read original story ...)

It’s the second straight year that the Tokyo Marathon — one of six annual World Marathon Majors — has been altered amid the coronavirus. This year’s Tokyo Marathon was held as scheduled on March 1, ... ( read original story ...)

Using the model Orobanchaceae parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, scientists from Nagoya University and other research institutes from Japan have discerned the molecular mechanisms underlying ... ( read original story ...)

Two remote towns in northern Japan struggling with rapidly graying and shrinking populations are applying to possibly host a high-level radioactive waste storage site as a means of economic survival ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Nagoya have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of abducting an 11-year-old girl, who was found in his car after he had been driving her around for awhile. According to police, ... ( read original story ...)

A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet (UV) irradiation using light emitting diodes (LEDs) safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and ... ( read original story ...)

The foreign ministers of Japan and Mongolia agreed Friday to cooperate in promoting a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific," a vision that Tokyo is pushing with the U.S. and ... ( read original story ...)

IOC President Thomas Bach is planning a trip to Japan next month to meet with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and organizers of the postponed Tokyo Olympics, organizing ... ( read original story ...)

Next year's Tokyo Marathon is rescheduled from March to October because of continuing concerns around the coronavirus crisis. in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Japan may need to consider compiling another extra budget to help its economy if the current reserve fund is not enough to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, a senior ruling party lawmaker said on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year's Tokyo Olympics. But it’s also ... ( read original story ...)