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NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Meskerem Assefa of Ethiopia pulled ahead of favorite Valary Jemeli of Kenya with four kilometers left to win the Nagoya Women's Marathon on Sunday. Assefa won in a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 45 seconds, one minute and three ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of a deadly earthquake and tsunami that killed almost 15,000 people and triggered an unprecedented nuclear meltdown, rendering some lands uninhabitable. At around 2:46 p.m. on March 11, a magnitude-9 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japanese in Tokyo and along the northeast coast are marking the seventh anniversary of the tsunami that took more than 18,000 lives and triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Residents in coastal towns observed a moment of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has a reptutation for being expensive, but it's easy to enjoy it with some inside knowledge, writes Kate Ford. Japan is a magical land with weird and wonderful things every way you look. Tokyo takes this to a whole new level with robot restaurants ... ( read original story ...)

Earlier Saturday, Trump tweeted that China was pleased that he was pursuing a diplomatic solution rather than “going with the ominous alternative” and that Japan is “very enthusiastic” about the agreed-to talks. Trump has spoken with both Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has warned of the dangers of tit-for-tat measures ... of unilateral measures will not be in the interest of any country," according to the Kyodo news agency. He was apparently referring to the EU threats of retaliation. Trump said Canada and Mexico ... ( read original story ...)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and Japan urged the United States on Saturday to grant them exemptions from metal import tariffs, with Tokyo calling for "calm-headed behavior" in a dispute that threatens to spiral into a trade war. U.S. President ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has warned of the dangers of tit-for-tat measures ... of unilateral measures will not be in the interest of any country," according to the Kyodo news agency. He was apparently referring to the EU threats of retaliation. Trump argues the tariffs ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Finance Ministry will admit altering documents involved in a controversial sale of state-owned land, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Saturday, raising the heat on the finance minister and threatening to erode ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Finance will admit altering documents involved in a controversial sale of state-owned land, Kyodo News reported on Saturday, the latest in a scandal that threatens to erode Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's popularity. ( read original story ...)

Tucked away in Tokyo's old quarter, the deafening sound of hundreds of ... machines are increasingly difficult to fix when they break. (Photo: Nick Parkin) (ABC News) Still, the couple are committed to keeping the parlour operating for as long as they ... ( read original story ...)

while also emphasizing that “Japan and the U.S. have been and will be together 100 percent.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also welcomed the announcement, telling state news agency Tass that Russia sees the planned meeting this as a "a step in ... ( read original story ...)

IAAF Newsletter 2018 IAAF News 190 - February 2018 PDF En IAAF Newsletter 2018 ... 2:22 runners Valary Jemeli Aiyabei and Flomena Cheyech will face off at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday (11). The race, this year ... ( read original story ...)

IAAF Newsletter 2018 IAAF News 190 - February 2018 PDF En IAAF Newsletter 2018 ... 2:22 runners Valary Jemeli Aiyabei and Flomena Cheyech will face off at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday (11). The race, this year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's National Tax Agency chief ... Finance Minister Taro Aso told a news conference that Sagawa, a former ministry official appointed to the tax post last July, had offered his resignation for causing confusion in parliament, where ... ( read original story ...)

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, added 5.53 points, or 0.32 percent, to finish at 1,715.48. Stocks drew buying in early trade on news that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet top leader of the ... ( read original story ...)