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A Japanese city has broadcast emergency warnings to prevent people consuming blowfish, after potentially deadly portions were mistakenly sold. A local supermarket in Gamagori city sold five packets of fugu fish without removing the livers, which contain ... ( read original story ...)

BELGRADE, Serbia – Japan's prime minister says his country is seeking to strengthen relations with Serbia and other Balkan countries. Shinzo Abe visited Belgrade Monday as part of a six-country European tour. He has already visited Estonia, Latvia ... ( read original story ...)

vowed to create an alliance that could challenge the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reported Xinhua news agency. If the merger comes to fruition, the alliance would create the largest opposition group in both chambers of Japan’s parliament ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday visited a memorial to a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust by issuing visas from war-torn Lithuania, in defiance of Tokyo. Abe visited the two-story building, now a museum, which ... ( read original story ...)

First race is King of Hammers. (Photo: Yokohama) Yokohama Tire has announced it is teaming up with GenRight Off Road to compete in the 2018 Ultra4 series. Simi Valley, CA-based GenRight, makers of innovative Jeep parts and accessories, will compete on ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya Grampus has paid $2.5 million for Langerak, 29, after a short-lived stint in Spain with Levante. The move ends a European stint of almost eight years for Langerak, which included silverware with Borussia Dortmund and promotion with Vfb Stuttgart ... ( read original story ...)

Click for more info. Wedged between Las Vegas’ CES expo and the Detroit auto show, Japan’s Tokyo Auto Salon is easy to miss in sea of automotive news. Blending bits of Summernats, SEMA and Fast and Furious, the TAS is unlike anything else on the ... ( read original story ...)

The news spread to China, where Twitter is banned ... It seems paradoxical that Ms Aoi is widely adored by Chinese fans, given the tumultuous relations between China and Japan. There is longstanding bitterness in China over Japanese brutality during ... ( read original story ...)

HOUSTON (AP) — Sarah Attar saw her run in the Houston Marathon as another step toward Tokyo. The 25-year-old Attar, who holds dual citizenship, was one of the first two women to compete in the Olympics under the Saudi Arabian flag when she went to the ... ( read original story ...)

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov are promising to create opportunities for Japanese businesses in the Balkans. Abe is on a six-country European tour that makes him the first Japanese prime ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Former Australia coach Ange Postecoglou was introduced as head coach of the J-League's Yokohama F. Marinos on Sunday. "Our goal is to make Yokohama F Marinos a team everyone else will fear," Postecoglou said at a team ceremony. "My ... ( read original story ...)

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Japan's prime minister said Saturday his country has entered into a pact with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to boost economic and political ties with the three former Soviet republics. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and ... ( read original story ...)

Maren Lundby of Norway soars through the air on her way to her win a World Cup ski jumping event in Sapporo, northern Japan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP) Germany's Katharina Althaus produced jumps of 93.5 and 96.0 meters to ... ( read original story ...)

The first Dragon Ball Cafe & Diner opened at the Hilton Plaza West in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving authentic Chinese foods inspired by the globally popular manga and anime franchise. The eatery, which opened on Dec. 8, will also open at the Natural ... ( read original story ...)

With the issue flaring a month before the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, the Japanese news media reported that Mr. Abe might boycott the event. Mr. Abe’s office said he was still deciding whether to go ... ( read original story ...)

It’s Japan’s biggest custom-car show. The Tokyo Auto Salon has hundreds of exhibitors—from automotive titans like Toyota and Mercedes to tire makers, tool makers and toy makers—who all want to show you how to tune up, dress up, or otherwise pimp ... ( read original story ...)