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Prosecutors in the western city of Osaka arrested Yasunori Kagoike, former chief of educational institution Moritomo Gakuen, and his wife, Junko, for fraudulently receiving state subsidies to build an elementary school, Kyodo news agency said. In applying ... ( read original story ...)

Prosecutors in the western city of Osaka arrested Yasunori Kagoike, former chief of educational institution Moritomo Gakuen, and his wife, Junko, for fraudulently receiving state subsidies to build an elementary school, Kyodo news agency said. In applying ... ( read original story ...)

It’s huge motivation for me to push for a way larger venue next time.” The G1 Special Crowd vs. Japan’s Crowds: “Dominion at Osaka has historically been one of our best, most lively crowds of the year. Whether my match with KUSHIDA, the ladder ... ( read original story ...)

Somehow she seems more alive that way," says one robotics researcher at the University of Osaka, home to the world's most advanced ... a certain quality of life in Japan.Made in America* A CBS News investigation team spent four months tracking more than ... ( read original story ...)

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Kosuke Kitajima believes the men's 200 meters breaststroke final will be "one of the biggest races to watch" at the Tokyo Olympics if Britain's Adam Peaty steps up to take on a dual Japanese challenge at the distance. Breaststroke ... ( read original story ...)

“It is good news for judo,” Agbegnenou said ... which will undoubtedly add a layer of intrigue in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Games. Japan will go in to August’s World Championships as favourites for both the men’s and women’s team gold ... ( read original story ...)

A woman in Japan who died from a tick-borne illness after being bitten by a stray cat is believed to be the first case of a human being infected with the disease without being directly bitten by a tick. The woman died 10 days after being bitten by a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister said he “fully agreed” with Donald ... dream of doing any harm to [North Korea],” the statement said, according to state-run news agency KCNA. “If the U.S. fails to come to its own senses and continues to resort to military ... ( read original story ...)

She was last in contact with her family on July 22, but her hotel in Sapporo in northern Japan grew concerned after ... according to the Shanghai news website Thepaper.cn. The report said Wei thanked her family for raising her in the letter and said ... ( read original story ...)

A Chinese woman reported missing in Japan left a thank-you note addressed to her parents at a guesthouse in Sapporo, Hokkaido News reported. Wei Qiujie.[File photo] Wei Qiujie, 26, a primary school teacher from Shaowu, Fujian province, disappeared on July ... ( read original story ...)

The father of Qiujie arrived in Sapporo on July 28. He told police that the letter ... about her before she left [China],” her father was quoted, according to Fuji News Network (July 30). Wei was scheduled to return to China on July 25. ( read original story ...)

reports China Daily quoting Japanese media Hokkaido News. Accompanied by police officers, her father went to the room in central Sapporo, where they found the note, in which Wei thanked her parents for years of parenting. She went on to write that she wasn ... ( read original story ...)

A research team led by professor Kazuhisa Tsuboki from the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research at Nagoya University will use aircraft to observe supertyphoons directly in a first for Japan. Supertyphoons have become a growing problem in recent ... ( read original story ...)

We get funny looks as we moan blissfully through some of the finest food we've ever eaten. In fact, it turns out that Osaka is the culinary capital of Japan, news that temporarily evaporates thoughts of pink flowers and castles. It was once the centre of ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei futures traded in Chicago and Osaka were both up 0.05 percent at 19,970 compared ... finishing the session at 21,830.31. In corporate news, Japan's Panasonic, Mizuho Financial Group and Japan Airlines, as well as Hong Kong's HSBC are expected ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012 but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist constitution is likely to elude his ... ( read original story ...)