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Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving at least two dead, more than a dozen missing and others stranded on rooftops waiting to be ... ( read original story ...)

Kazuyoshi Miura is poised to extend his record as the J-League's oldest-ever player for newly promoted Yokohama FC, but the 53-year-o ... ( read original story ...)

Some 75,000 people were ordered to evacuate in western Japan Saturday as record heavy rain triggered floods and landslides, leaving scores stranded and 13 missing, according to local media and ... ( read original story ...)

Central Japan Railway Co. on Friday effectively gave up on opening a high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will not reintroduce a state of emergency to tackle the novel coronavirus, a government spokesman said on Friday, as cases in Tokyo rose to a two-month high driven by the spread of the virus in ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Nagoya have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 62-year-old male acquaintance after they got into an argument on a street in Nagoya. According to police, Koji Morinaga, a ... ( read original story ...)

The Canadian men's basketball team must win its last-chance Tokyo Olympic qualification tournament June 29-July 4, 2021 in Victoria to earn a spot in the Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)

Billie Jean King says the future for women's tennis is "dynamite" on and off the court thanks to young stars like Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka. ( read original story ...)

Naomi and Mari Osaka have used their creative talents to design a limited edition face mask, which is being sold to benefit under-served youth in Japan. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Central Japan Railway Co. on Friday effectively gave up on opening a high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027 after failing to secure approval to begin ... ( read original story ...)

A Turkish jet executive on trial over Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape from Japan told a court on Friday that the former Nissan boss spoke about Hollywood making a movie of his getaway as he flew in a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s newest giant Gundam is being erected near Yokohama’s Chinatown in the Yamashita Futo harbor in a special area that will be called The Gundam Factory. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese performance group is starting a run of drive-in horror shows for people who are scared of catching the coronavirus but still want to get close-up frights from ghouls and zombies. Audience ... ( read original story ...)

A day before the restart of the season, J.League champions Yokohama F･Marinos head coach Ange Postecoglou said his team is "excited starting again". ( read original story ...)

A woman of South Korean origin in Japan, who endured mental health issues after documents with discriminatory content were repeatedly distrib ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's household spending and machinery orders likely extended declines in May, providing further evidence that the coronavirus crisis is hurting the economy. ( read original story ...)