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Japan fired coach Vahid Halilhodzic two months before soccer's World Cup in Russia and replaced him immediately on Monday with Akira Nishino, the technical director of the Japanese Football Association. To explain the abrupt firing, Japanese Football ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo news agency cites football association president Kozo Tashima in announcing the move. The JFA was expected to hold a news conference later Monday to announce its plans. Japan salvaged a 1-1 draw on the last kick of the game in a friendly last ... ( read original story ...)

"While Japan, a friend, is providing assistance to Cambodia, some bad people can poison the news as bad as they did," Hun Sen said on his Facebook page. During a meeting with Hun Sen on Sunday, foreign minister Kono said Japan would help Cambodia to become ... ( read original story ...)

“In January of this year, we found out that my wife was pregnant,” the husband wrote in his letter published in a features section of Japanese daily paper The Mainichi. “My wife, who is a child care provider, appeared glum and anxious over the news ... ( read original story ...)

before the Government messes it up Yorkshire Post - 23:35 PM GMT March 30, 2018 Facebook will now verify major page owners in an effort to combat fake news City A.M - 07:56 AM GMT April 07, 2018 Mother-of-two who lost her nose to a rare disease ... ( read original story ...)

SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China. ( read original story ...)

Tsunenori Aoki (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 30-year-old actor in the “Kamen Rider” television series for molesting a woman in Setagaya Ward last month, reports TBS News (Apr. 6). At around 1:30 a.m. on March 4 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons, including a female Filipino national, for engaging in a fake marriage in Machida City, reports TBS News (Apr. 5). In September, 2016, Masao Kurokawa, 61, and the woman, 21, are alleged to have registered ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — A woman who says she was raped by a U.S. sailor in Japan is demanding Tokyo do more to protect crime victims of U.S. military personnel stationed here. Catherine Fisher met for an hour Friday with foreign and defence ministry officials in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - When cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc explained how hackers made off with $530 million in digital money, it said part of the problem was beyond its control: Japan’s lack of software engineers. Coincheck said that no matter how hard ... ( read original story ...)

The loan is part of Japan's $6 billion pledge to stabilize the Middle East ... safer and we are moving to an excellent level of development," al-Abadi told a joint news conference. Iraqi officials cited unemployment among youth and other vulnerable ... ( read original story ...)

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference the government would decide what steps to take after an investigation under Onodera’s “strong leadership”. The Iraq troop deployment, Japan’s biggest and riskiest overseas military ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO – Medical interpreters are helping a popular ski resort in Hokkaido deal with the growing number of foreign guests there. To overcome the language barrier, Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital in the town of Kutchan, near the Niseko resort, employs a ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka Marathon, Japan's second biggest road race next to the Tokyo Marathon in terms of participants, is an urban marathon event with 32,000 runners from home and abroad taking part. It is staged on a hugely popular course along places of interest in ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an organized crime member for concealing his gang affiliation to collect welfare, reports TBS News (Mar. 30). Between October of 2016 and this past March, Hideji Misawa, 72, allegedly concealed that he ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AFP) - On a nondescript patch of land east of Tokyo, cranes are whirring frantically against a city skyscraper backdrop as 200 workers toil on the 2020 Olympic canoe venue. With the Pyeongchang winter games closed, Tokyo is stepping up preparations ... ( read original story ...)