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Japanese media said the son was caged for more than 20 years, but police would not confirm that number. He told city officials that he was afraid his son was a nuisance to neighbours who had repeatedly complained, Kyodo News service reported. Yamasaki ... ( read original story ...)

Each NOC may enter a maximum of one boat per event, a total of 15 athletes (eight men and seven women) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. Look for the latest ... ( read original story ...)

Here are five key moments in Tokyo’s winding Olympic road: TV news presenters broke down in tears and thousands of people erupted in screams of delight when the IOC awarded the games to Tokyo in September 2013. With emotions running high, the thoughts of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese police said Monday they have arrested a 73-year-old man who reportedly kept his disabled son locked in a small wooden cage for more than 20 years. Hyogo prefectural police said Yoshitane Yamasaki was arrested Saturday and handed over to ... ( read original story ...)

(Kyodo News via AP) Until Monday's announcement, it had gone primarily with non-Japanese coaches, including Brazil's Zico, Italy's Alberto Zaccheroni, Mexico's Javier Aguirre, and Bosnia's Halilhodzic. Nishino is the former coach of Japanese club Gamba ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday as issues sensitive to domestic demand advanced but a circumspect market mood remained amid ongoing trade concerns. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 110.74 points, or 0.51 percent, from ... ( read original story ...)

Japan fired coach Vahid Halilhodzic two months before soccer's World Cup in Russia and replaced him immediately on Monday with Akira Nishino, the technical director of the Japanese Football Association. To explain the abrupt firing, Japanese Football ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo news agency cites football association president Kozo Tashima in announcing the move. The JFA was expected to hold a news conference later Monday to announce its plans. Japan salvaged a 1-1 draw on the last kick of the game in a friendly last ... ( read original story ...)

"While Japan, a friend, is providing assistance to Cambodia, some bad people can poison the news as bad as they did," Hun Sen said on his Facebook page. During a meeting with Hun Sen on Sunday, foreign minister Kono said Japan would help Cambodia to become ... ( read original story ...)

“In January of this year, we found out that my wife was pregnant,” the husband wrote in his letter published in a features section of Japanese daily paper The Mainichi. “My wife, who is a child care provider, appeared glum and anxious over the news ... ( read original story ...)

before the Government messes it up Yorkshire Post - 23:35 PM GMT March 30, 2018 Facebook will now verify major page owners in an effort to combat fake news City A.M - 07:56 AM GMT April 07, 2018 Mother-of-two who lost her nose to a rare disease ... ( read original story ...)

SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China. ( read original story ...)

Tsunenori Aoki (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 30-year-old actor in the “Kamen Rider” television series for molesting a woman in Setagaya Ward last month, reports TBS News (Apr. 6). At around 1:30 a.m. on March 4 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons, including a female Filipino national, for engaging in a fake marriage in Machida City, reports TBS News (Apr. 5). In September, 2016, Masao Kurokawa, 61, and the woman, 21, are alleged to have registered ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — A woman who says she was raped by a U.S. sailor in Japan is demanding Tokyo do more to protect crime victims of U.S. military personnel stationed here. Catherine Fisher met for an hour Friday with foreign and defence ministry officials in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - When cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc explained how hackers made off with $530 million in digital money, it said part of the problem was beyond its control: Japan’s lack of software engineers. Coincheck said that no matter how hard ... ( read original story ...)