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Japan has announced plans to send an astronaut to the Moon by 2030, as part of a new strategy for space travel in the country. If successful, the mission would be the first time the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has sent a human being ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was on track for a stinging defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, exit polls showed, signaling trouble for the Japanese leader, who is suffering from slumping ... ( read original story ...)

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda told the Japanese news agency Kyodo, meanwhile, that Abe praised Trump for sanctions the United States imposed last week on a Chinese bank and individuals accused of laundering money for North Korea. ( read original story ...)

The new party of the Japanese capital's populist governor appeared headed for a thumping victory Sunday over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-laden ruling party in a Tokyo assembly election that could alter national politics, with Abe's historic defeat ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo residents were voting for the city's assembly in an election Sunday that could alter national politics as a populist governor aims to strengthen her base and challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-laden ruling party. At stake are 127 assembly ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- IOC Vice-President John Coates says the addition of new sports at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will attract youth and create gender equality without driving up costs. In an effort to give the games a more youthful and urban appeal, the IOC has added 3 ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA – A third fire ant infestation has emerged at Nagoya port, following two similar discoveries last month in Kobe, the Aichi Prefectural Government said Friday. The aggressive reddish-brown ants, highly invasive and native to South America, are ... ( read original story ...)

A downturn in output would be bad news for Japanese policymakers, who have pinned their hopes on strong overseas demand boosting corporate profits, wages and eventually consumption. INFLATION REMAINS SUBDUED Core consumer prices, which includes oil ... ( read original story ...)

An election for Tokyo's metropolitan assembly on Sunday is attracting more attention than usual because it could shift the political landscape in Japan. A big win for a new political party created by populist Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike could strengthen her ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya University Biomass from sources including agricultural waste, wood and even human garbage signifies an extensively available renewable feedstock that has yet to be completely tapped. The issue is that most biomass is a mixture of different chemicals ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo-Yokohama cluster in Japan leads the ranking (94,079 patent filings), followed by Shenzhen-Hong Kong (41,218 filings), San Jose-San Francisco (California's Silicon Valley) in the US (34,324 filings), Seoul cluster in South Korea (34,324 filings ... ( read original story ...)

By law, the SDF, as Japan's military is known, must be politically neutral. Inada withdrew the remark at an impromptu news conference, saying it could be "misunderstood". The July 2 vote for the Tokyo Metropolitan assembly is on the surface a referendum on ... ( read original story ...)

The 14-year-old boy is taking his country by storm with a record-breaking debut in Japanese chess. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP) He became the youngest player ever to qualify to enter the professional ranks last October, and has reeled off 29 straight ... ( read original story ...)

RESIDENTS in Japan have been told to seek shelter or lie on the ground in the event of North Korea missile strike in a terrifying new nationwide television broadcast. The half a minute announcement also states people should stay away from windows and ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese airline said Wednesday it has apologized for making a wheelchair user hoist himself up a staircase from the tarmac to board his flight. Hideto Kijima faced the problem earlier this month while returning to Osaka from the southern island of Amami ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese and European Union negotiators meeting in Tokyo aim to reach a free trade deal that would stand against a protectionist tide threatening the global economy, and make the United States think twice over pursuing inward-looking ... ( read original story ...)