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Time was running out to find survivors as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO—Anti-immigration protesters have succeeded in scuttling plans for an international school here, after concerns were raised about ensuring the safety of children. ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya Basho grand sumo tournament has concluded in the city of Nagoya, with Ukrainian Danylo Aonishiki Yavgusyshyn emerging as the champion. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- Police served an additional arrest warrant July 30 to a Higashiosaka man on suspicion of sexually assaulting and filming a high school girl e･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The Kumamoto prefectural government says the powerful earthquake that hit southwestern Japan earlier this week has now killed at least 23 people. ( read original story ...)

NC is expanding its worldwide reach at two of the world’s biggest gaming exhibitions in the second half of the year with Aion 2, a massively multiplayer online ... ( read original story ...)

Celebrate summer with traditional dances, festival food and lantern-lit evenings at these festivals across Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

The Kumamoto prefectural government says the powerful earthquake that hit southwestern Japan earlier this week has now killed at least 23 people. ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people are staying in evacuation centres, struggling to keep cool as temperatures soar. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka reached the Washington quarterfinals for the first time Wednesday night after Ashlyn Krueger retired with a right ankle injury midway through the second set. The result gives Osaka her ... ( read original story ...)

Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates. ( read original story ...)

A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center and a paper mill were heavily damaged. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in south-west Japan has risen to 13, as rescue workers race to find more survivors from underneath the rubble. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck Kumamoto ... ( read original story ...)

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- An anti-immigration demonstration drew hundreds of supporters and counterprotesters to the area around JR Osaka Station shortly before noon o･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Slime mold Tokyo rail system: Scientists discovered slime mold creates efficient transport networks. This organism's natural behavior resembles Tokyo's railway system. The slime mold connects food ... ( read original story ...)