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TOKYO - At 2 months old, Japan's baby giant panda sports a healthy coat of its distinctive black and white fur but still can't stand on its own. Video released Monday by Ueno Zoo in Tokyo shows the female cub crawling on her belly as her much larger mother ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — At 2 months old, Japan's baby giant panda sports a healthy coat of its distinctive black and white fur but still can't stand on its own. Video released Monday by Ueno Zoo in Tokyo shows the female cub crawling on her belly as her much larger ... ( read original story ...)

The upbeat news failed to boost Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index, however, which fell 0.8 percent as the Japanese yen gained against the U.S. dollar. The yen has strengthened in recent days as tensions over North Korea's nuclear program have risen. ( read original story ...)

The government hopes to complete deployment of the system in western Japan by Saturday morning, Kyodo News said, quoting defence ministry officials. Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief government spokesman, said earlier this week that Tokyo "can never tolerate ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has begun moving its defence system to the west of the country after North Korea announced plans to launch ballistic missiles into the water near the US Pacific territory of Guam. The four PAC-3 surface-to-air interceptors have been brought in from ... ( read original story ...)

The ABE Initiative is financed by Japanese government and implemented by JICA’s Moroccan office, whose resident representative, Hitoshi Tojima, told Morocco World News that “in term of technical cooperation with Morocco, JICA has created the ABE ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has postponed the launch ... of additional examinations around rocket propulsion system." According to the Kyodo news agency, the next attempt to launch the rocket is likely to take place as early as on August 17 ... ( read original story ...)

That may be in store for medical marijuana users purchasing a new strain created in conjunction with Tokyo Smoke, according to the Canadian “lifestyle” company that unveiled the product on Thursday. It’s also perhaps a peek into the future as ... ( read original story ...)

Japan lies only about 620 miles to the east of North Korea, which has conducted numerous missile tests this year. Most of the weapons have landed in the Sea of Japan. Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)

This will involved firing four Hwasong-12 missiles over Japan and into waters near the tiny US island, officials claimed. Tokyo, which has in the past warned it would shoot down any North Korean missiles that threaten its territory, responded that it could ... ( read original story ...)

TORONTO (Reuters) - Karolina Pliskova continued to settle in to her new role as world number one, moving into the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup when Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka was forced to retire with an abdominal injury on Thursday. The 19-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

But Osaka would not be rattled, matching the lanky Czech shot-for-shot in a gripping second set then dominating the tiebreak 7-4 to level the match. During the changeover Osaka told her coach that she was feeling discomfort and was told that if the pain ... ( read original story ...)

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - World number one Karolina Pliskova advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA Toronto hardcourt tournament on Thursday as opponent Naomi Osaka abandoned due to a muscle injury. After taking the first set, Czech top seed Pliskova was ... ( read original story ...)

TORONTO — Japanese qualifier Naomi Osaka was brimming with confidence after taking a set off the world's top-ranked women's tennis player on Thursday at the Rogers Cup. Any hope of completing a major upset over Karolina Pliskova was dashed moments later. ( read original story ...)

It was an experience of a lifetime for a Grade 5 student from Halifax who flew to Japan and back with her teacher to represent not only her school and province but Canada in the Kid Witness News video finals. Hannah Daley, 11, travelled to Tokyo late last ... ( read original story ...)

"If he was not there, I couldn't go on the horse because … he's strong!" she said. Joly has her sights set on qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. But she admits she has a long way to go before then. "I have to work on my balance because I don ... ( read ...