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Japan is considering legal changes to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate at the end of 2018, say local media reports citing government sources. Crown Prince Naruhito could then ascend the throne on 1 January 2019, according to the reports. Akihito, 83 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura will take his professional career into his 50s after signing a new contract with Yokohama FC. Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura will take his professional football career beyond his 50th birthday after signing a new deal ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama will be able to count on the evergreen striker, who is set to play into his 50s after signing a deal to play in the 2017 J2 League season Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura will take his professional football career beyond his 50th birthday after ... ( read original story ...)

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Emeritus Professor Tadamitsu Kishimoto of Immunology Frontier Research Center at Osaka University in Japan has won the Medicine ... biological treatment for autoimmune diseases. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here ... ( read original story ...)

A male Japanese monkey has been filmed trying to mount and mate with a Sika deer. Researchers saw the primate attempting to mate with at least two deer in November 2015, during the macaque breeding season. The macaques regularly bathe in hot springs in ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A hospital in Osaka said Wednesday it had found perforated intravenous drip bags that were to be used for patients, following fatal drip poisonings in September at a Yokohama hospital. Kitano Hospital in the city of Osaka said no patients were ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda has agreed to buy US drugmaker Ariad Pharmaceuticals for $5.2bn (£4.3bn). Ariad specialises in making medicines for patients with rare forms of leukemia and other rare cancers. The takeover was approved by the boards ... ( read original story ...)

A South Korean Buddhist monk has died days after he set himself on fire to protest the country's deal with Japan on former Korean sex slaves, a Seoul hospital said Tuesday. The monk, 64, set himself ablaze Saturday during rallies against impeached ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings Ltd has licensed Thai fuel retailer PTG Energy Plc to manufacture cassava-based bioethanol. The deal was signed Monday between Sapporo and Innotech Green Energy Co, PTG's subsidiary and joint venture with Thai tapioca ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)Japan has recalled two top diplomats from South Korea over ... need to continuously develop the relationship," the statement said. South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap reported the civil group first tried to install the statue on December ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co. has made an agreement to acquire all of the shares of Japanese industrial tire manufacturer, Aichi Tire Industry Co., strengthening Yokohama’s place in the industrial tire market. Headquartered in Komaki, Aichi, Aichi Tire ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya has contracted Nakanihon Automotive College in Sakahogi, Gifu Prefecture, to repair a Mercedes-Benz fire truck from 1935 in its possession. Teachers and students from the college will begin work this spring to make the truck usable again. According ... ( read original story ...)

Work to build a line for magnetically levitated bullet trains has kicked off 10 years before its scheduled 2027 launch as Japan looks to shorten the trip from Tokyo to Nagoya to just 40 minutes. Construction of a tunnel under the Minami Alps, believed to ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering shouldering some of the costs for building temporary facilities in the capital for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, sources said. The metropolitan government plans to hold talks on the matter shortly with ... ( read original story ...)

It was then that news of the tragedy was broken to them and they were told that Mr Browning’s body had been found by a taxi driver. She wrote: “Some of you will know that on New Year’s Eve this year, my friend Justin, who I was living with in Tokyo ... ( read original ...