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A single pair of premium melons on Saturday fetched a record 3.2 million yen (US$29,300) at auction in Japan, where the fruit is regarded as a status symbol. Seasonal fruit offerings in Japan routinely attract massive sums from buyers seeking social ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — One of Japan’s most prominent former leaders, Yasuhiro Nakasone, has turned 100, fitting in a country known for longevity. As a World War II naval officer, he witnessed the depth of Japan’s defeat and devastation. He presided over Japan in ... ( read original story ...)

The success of the first Japanese Industrial Park at Mandal has led to a second project at Khoraj, and a slew of investments from Japanese industrial giants. With the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro project and the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail project ... ( read original story ...)

At Indian Wells, Naomi Osaka looked like she could beat any tennis player in the world. She’d entered the tournament unseeded, having never won a WTA title before. But in the heat of the desert, she proceeded—efficiently and almost cruelly—to ... ( read original story ...)

Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki ("Yatogame-chan Observation Diary"), a humorous 4-panel comic by Masaki Andou about a blunt and ill-tempered girl who speaks in Nagoya dialect, is being adapted into a TV anime. The production is currently in the planning ... ( read original story ...)

There’s a new pest in town and health officials say it’s much more dangerous than the chafer beetle. The Japanese beetle was first discovered last summer in Vancouver’s False Creek neighbourhood and City officials say more than 7.5 hectares of land ... ( read original story ...)

Takahiro Ishida (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 60-year-old suspected burglar who has claimed responsibility for more than 100 cases, reports TBS News (May 25). Earlier this month, Takahiro Ishida, of no known occupation ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man sought in the swindle an elderly woman out of 1 million yen in Higashi Kurume City last month, reports Nippon News Network (May 25). On April 18, the woman was told on the telephone by a person claiming to be ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese beetle has been spotted in Vancouver and the race is on to keep the invasive species from spreading. For the time being, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered that plants and soil can’t be moved out of False Creek, Chinatown and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Japanese companies have made no changes to sexual harassment policies over the last year and don’t plan to do so, a Reuters poll found, though awareness of harassment is on the rise. The survey results come after a top ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, in hopes of making progress on joint economic projects on disputed islands as a step toward resolving the decades-old territorial row. Abe said ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese beetle, an invasive pest native to Japan ... The City and Park Board said in a joint news release that they will be working closely with the CFIA and British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture to respond to the presence of this invasive pest. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested the manager of a Vietnamese massage parlor in Minato Ward for providing sex services without proper licensing, reports Nippon News Network (May 23). In April, Tran Thi Han, the 41-year-old manager of Princess ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan has been absorbed for several weeks by a late ... about by many who know almost nothing about the American sport. In a nationally televised news conference on Tuesday, linebacker Taisuke Miyagawa bowed deeply and apologized for the late ... ( read original story ...)

Well-known news anchor Yuko Ando echoed that view, noting that the reaction to the allegation against Fukuda gave her hope. “Those in Japan who have shut out their memories of sexual harassment are likely to speak out. Because such memories never ... ( read original story ...)

At a Tuesday news conference, Miyagawa, 20 ... spirit of fair play,” the Nihon University Teachers’ Union said in a statement. The head of the Japan Sports Agency, Daichi Suzuki, described it as “a dangerous act” that “merited a straight red ... ( read original story ...)