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although it has been harder to extend unequivocal support for the regime since news about atrocities against the Rohingya minority started to come to light. "For Japan, that makes providing aid to the regime very delicate," he said. "China, on the other ... ( read original story ...)

Police have arrested two Japanese men believed to be ultra right-wing activists for firing at North Korea’s de facto embassy in Tokyo. (Suo Takekuma/Kyodo News via AP) Patrolling police rushed to the closely monitored building and arrested the two on the ... ( read original story ...)

The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will open the 2019 season at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Wednesday. It will mark the fifth time the Tokyo Dome has hosted an MLB season opener, and the third ... ( read original story ...)

The two teams, who played a two-game series in Japan to begin the 2012 MLB season, will open the 2019 season in Tokyo. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported Wednesday the A's are "eager" and "enthusiastic" about playing overseas. "If we’re in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested employees ... books [containing child pornography],” the third suspect was quoted, according to Nippon News Network (Feb. 20). In 2015, a revision to the anti-child pornoraphy law made the possession ... ( read original story ...)

An official premiere date has been set for the upcoming Japanese dark fantasy anime series "Tokyo Ghoul:re." The announcement will officially be made in this year's 12th issue of Shueisha's "Weekly Young Jump" magazine, which is scheduled to be released ... ( read original story ...)

GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — Japan and Norway dethroned the Netherlands in the team pursuit Wednesday and restored a semblance of balance in Olympic speedskating at the Gangneung Oval. World-record holder Japan won the women's event in a stirring race ... ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya Women's Marathon is the largest women-only marathon in the world, one with a long history as an elite race and adapting to the times with a mass-participation field of 20,000. The last few years it has seen a series of dynamic, high-level ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has picked the western city of Osaka to host next year’s G20 summit, the first such gathering to be held in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the decision based on the western Japan city’s successful hosting of the summit of the Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 will be the first Olympic Games to report on legacy, based on the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) legacy reporting framework. The new IOC legacy reporting framework was presented to experts and Olympic scholars from all over the world ... ( read original story ...)

World’s tallest wooden skyscraper planned in Tokyo. Tokyo’s ultra-modern skyline is getting a new addition–the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper. Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has announced plans for a 1,148-foot-tall timber tower ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Company will expand production capacity of its passenger-car tire facility in India. With this expansion, the annual production capacity will increase by 830,000 tires from 700,000 to 1,530,000. The plant’s new facility will manufacture ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA (TR) – Investigative sources revealed on Tuesday that ... I found it disagreeable since I was in a hurry,” the suspect was quoted by police, according to Nippon News Network (Feb. 20). In the latest development, sources revealed that Ideo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's military has witnessed a ship-to-ship transfer on the high seas that it "strongly suspects" violates U.N. sanctions on North Korea, in the third such incident reported by Japan in the past month. A maritime Self-Defence Force PC-3 ... ( read original story ...)

"We have not yet made any plan and we are evaluating what fighter aircraft we need," Itsunori Onodera said at a news briefing on Tuesday when asked whether Japan planned to buy more F-35s. Onodera's ministry will release two defense reviews by the end of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened essentially flat on Wednesday as buying on the back of a weaker yen versus the U.S. dollar was counteracted by selling on U.S. shares retreating overnight on Wall Street. As of 9:15 a.m, the 225-issue Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)