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Japan’s biggest city gas supplier, Tokyo Gas said its natural gas sales during February 2017 dropped 1.5 percent compared to the corresponding month a year before. The total gas sales for the month of February reached 1.45 billion cubic meters ... ( read original story ...)

Madison Keys needed just 57 minutes to knock out Naomi Osaka in straight sets and book her spot into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open, where Caroline Wozniacki awaits. INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA - No.9 seed Madison Keys needed just 57 minutes to knock ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is planning to send its largest warship on a three-month ... another source said. Asked during a news conference about his view on the warship visit, Duterte said, without elaborating, 'I have invited all of them.' He added: 'It is international ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – The Osaka Prefectural Police arrested a 30-year-old woman Monday for allegedly lifting her 9-month-old daughter up high, then dropping the girl, causing her to suffer a fatal head injury in January. The mother, Hiromi Nasu, owned up to the charge ... ( read original story ...)

One of the most exciting celluloid happenings in Japan, the 12th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival wrapped last weekend after screening 58 films from all over Asia. Thai films were very much in the spotlight this year as, in addition to the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Saudi Arabia agreed Monday to explore ways to bolster Japanese investment and trade in the Middle Eastern nation, possibly by setting up special economic zones there. King Salman and about a thousand businesspeople from Saudi Arabia are in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

PanARMENIAN.Net - Hong Kong’s “Mad World” won the Grand Prix at the 12th Osaka Asian Film Festival, Variety reports. The festival is a rising showcase for indie talent in the Asian region. Prizes were announced Saturday, March 11. The festival ... ( read original story ...)

There are lots of talks surrounding the hit manga and anime series "Tokyo Ghoul". There is an upcoming live-action film which is currently on production and a season 3 that is subject to numerous rumors. The manga version of the franchise is steadily ... ( read original story ...)

Japan does not have any claim to the waters ... another of the sources said. Asked during a news conference about his view on the warship visit, Duterte said, without elaborating, “I have invited all of them.” He added: “It is international passage ... ( read original story ...)

A Nagoya-based venture has started selling a reagent that allows researchers to significantly reduce the time needed to synthesize proteins, supporting the development of medicines including one that can control the growth of cancer cells. The reagent sold ... ( read original story ...)

She added another feather in her cap on Saturday as she was honored with the Yakushi Pearl Award for Best Performer in this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival in Osaka, Japan. “Bliss,” a psychological horror-thriller directed by Jerrold Tarog and ... ( read original story ...)

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has arrived in Tokyo with his 1,000-strong entourage making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the nation in nearly five decades. The 81-year-old king, who was greeted by Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito at Haneda airport ... ( read original story ...)

The town of Namie in Japan's Fukushima district still sits empty, six years after a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami destroyed the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japanese authorities plan to lift evacuation ... ( read original story ...)

Italy’s 2013 world silver medallist Valeria Straneo did not start the race, while both Monica Jepoech and Reia Iwade dropped out of the race after 15km. This year’s Nagoya Women’s Marathon had 137 elite runners and 21,564 non-elite runners. ( read original story ...)

Ohara was originally entered, but pulled out recently due to a stress fracture in her left foot. But it’s Kirwa, a two-time Nagoya winner, who will start as the prohibitive favorite. If she wins Kirwa will be the first three-time winner of this event ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Six years ago, more than 18,000 people died or went missing as a tsunami triggered by a massive quake engulfed coastal areas of northeastern Japan. Tens of thousands more people's lives were unraveled when they lost family members, friends ... ( read original story ...)