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A year later than expected, Japan has finally kicked off its Olympic torch relay. Athletes will now carry the flame across all of the country to arrive in Tokyo for the opening ceremony on 23 July. ( read original story ...)

Hokkaido Prefectural Police launched an investigation after the discovery of a woman's corpse in a river in Sapporo City on Monday ... ( read original story ...)

Scaffolding on a heritage-listed bridge in the South Coast of New South Wales fell into a fast-flowing flooded creek, on March 23, cutting local residents’ key transport route.Yui Sapporo filmed a ... ( read original story ...)

The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. The ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan said the test “threatens the peace and security of Japan and the region, and is a violation of United Nations resolutions.” ... ( read original story ...)

It was meant to be a curtain-raiser for thousands of sports fans, a celebration of Japan's recovery from nuclear disaster 10 years ago that would showcase a country emerging strongly from years of ... ( read original story ...)

The ceremony kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture, a heavily symbolic choice a decade after the tsunami and nuclear disaster there. ( read original story ...)

It was meant to be a curtain-raiser for thousands of sports fans, a celebration of Japan's recovery from nuclear disaster 10 years ago that would showcase a country emerging strongly from years of ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic torch relay will start in Fukushima on Thursday, kicking off a four-month countdown to the summer Games in Tokyo, delayed from 2020 and the first ever organised during a global pandemic. ( read original story ...)

North Korea has launched a pair of missiles for the second time in a week. 5 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history Colorado lawmaker: Mass shootings ‘can happen anywhere’ How the Atlanta ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea fired unidentified projectiles into the Sea of Japan, the militaries of South Korea and Japan said Wednesday evening. The string of tests comes as Pyongyang ignores invitations from ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea may have fired a ballistic missile, Japan's defense ministry said on Thursday, adding the projectile had not fallen within Japanese territory. ( read original story ...)

Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; LARGE; MEDIUM; Change Font Size; A Japanese court ruled March 17 that denying same-sex couples ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay kicks off Thursday, a year and a day after it was postponed along with the Games because of the coronavirus pandemic. The nationwide celebration, a massive undertaking, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese scholars say Tokyo has not fulfilled its obligations under the 2015 Japan-South Korea "comfort women" agreement. ( read original story ...)

It's the biggest football match in 10 years between two fierce rivals, but Japan's meeting with South Korea appears to be sparking more concern than excitement. Any sporting event between the two ... ( read original story ...)