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The Sony PlayStation Tokyo Game show will include a live stream that kicks off at 8am, on Tuesday September 19. The Youtube embed supplied by Sony appears to confirm that there will either be English captions, or voiceover for the TGS 2017 reveals. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan on Tuesday moved a mobile missile-defence system on the northern island of Hokkaido to a base near recent North Korean missile flyover routes. Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor unit was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Tuesday moved a mobile missile-defense system on the northern island of Hokkaido to a base near recent North Korean missile flyover routes. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor unit was deployed at the ... ( read original story ...)

With just a pair of scissors and plain drawing paper, Shinichiro Ishikawa, a 15-year-old high school student from Nagoya, can quickly create lifelike cutouts of insects such as a pink mantis poised to take down its prey or a yellow swallowtail butterfly ... ( read original story ...)

Wimbledon champion and new women's world number one Garbine Muguruza heads a strong field in Tokyo featuring several top 10 players including Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki and Johanna Konta. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with ... ( read original story ...)

When and where was the first high-speed train built? Japan inaugurated its high-speed line between Tokyo and Osaka in 1964. The famous Shinkansen 'bullet train' (named for its shape)+ could reach a speed of 210 kmph. People wave flags as the first train of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Seventh-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat local favorite Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Pan-Pacific Open. The victory was additionally sweet for Kerber, who was looking for revenge after the ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese funeral parlour is set to offer relatives the chance to pay their final respects to deceased loved ones without leaving the comfort of their cars. The firm claims that the "drive-thru" service is a first in Japan, where a rapidly ageing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—The anti-missile batteries deployed on the sprawling grounds of the Japanese defence ministry are a stark reminder that here, the dispute with North Korea goes beyond bombast and rhetoric. These PAC-3 portable batteries are a version of the Patriot ... ( read original story ...)

With her death, the Gerontology Research Group lists Nabi Tajima of Japan was the oldest surviving person. She was born on Aug. 4, 1900. Brown was born Violet Moss -- or Mosse: Both spellings were sometimes used -- on March 10, 1900, and spent much of her ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Zarina Diyas made it second time lucky at the Japan Women’s Open on Sunday when she beat fellow qualifier and local hopeful Miyu Kato 6-2 7-5 to win her maiden WTA title. The 23-year-old Kazakh lost to Sam Stosur in her only previous ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services. Typhoon Talim made a landfall in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, packing ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers close to Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike are still at the stage of preparing ... The possibility of a snap election, reported by the nation's major news media on Sunday, has scrambled opposition party lawmakers into action. The leaders of the Democratic ... ( read original story ...)

The North's official Korean Central News Agency carried Kim's comments a day after U.S ... is meant to allow North Korea greater military freedom in the region by raising doubts in Seoul and Tokyo that Washington would risk the annihilation of a U.S ... ( read original story ...)

This, in turn, is meant to allow North Korea greater military freedom in the region by raising doubts in Seoul and Tokyo that Washington would risk the annihilation of a U.S. city to protect its Asian allies. Emergency sirens and announcements blared out ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Abenomics economic policy mix on Saturday, saying it has failed to meet expectations and inspire confidence. Abenomics “has not produced an actual feeling of growth or led to hope,” Koike ... ( read original story ...)