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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track for a roughly two-thirds majority in Sunday's general election, a survey by Kyodo news agency showed, as its conservative rival led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike appeared to lose ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A Japanese defense helicopter carrying four crew members has lost contact during flight training in central Japan. Defense officials say the UH-60J lost contact Tuesday evening while flying over the Pacific Ocean about 30 kilometers (18 miles ... ( read original story ...)

NANMOKU, Japan (Reuters) - Chikara Imai, 73, is quick to dismiss the new parties in Sunday's national election in Japan, saying old ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party is what the country's most elderly village needs for survival. ( read original story ...)

Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has gone through in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty second city. The commercial roots and boisterous and friendly people of Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region provide ... ( read original story ...)

Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has gone through in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty second city. The commercial roots and boisterous and friendly people of Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region provide ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - U.S. and Japanese diplomats agreed Tuesday to maximize pressure on North Korea to resolve tensions over its nuclear program, while citing the need to be prepared for the worst if diplomacy failed. U.S. Undersecretary of State John Sullivan ... ( read original story ...)

The "sacred" flame from Tokyo's 1964 Olympics was meant to burn forever ... An official, who - perhaps understandably - asked to remain anonymous, has admitted to AFP news agency that the flame actually went out a few months later, in November 2013. ( read original story ...)

They even put Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh on stage at a showbiz-worthy news conference to lament the lack of top-notch performance venues in Japan. Executives from Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts have repeatedly said they would each invest as much as $10 ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama will now offer five new OTR tires with dual TRA code designations to handle both loader and transport applications. The tires with the dual markings are the RB31, RT31/RT31+, RL31, RT41 and RL45. All will feature an E/L designation within the ... ( read original story ...)

The former news anchor and Arabic speaker has described herself as a “conservative reformist” who wants to take on vested interests. A defence hawk who admires Margaret Thatcher, Koike also supports legislation to ban discrimination against Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

The 45th Tokyo Motor Show is almost upon us and with it one of the most fascinating, original and eccentric of all vehicular events on the automotive calendar. Every one of the country's 14 carmakers will be out in force with displays, discussions and ... ( read original story ...)

to realize a true, urban-based populist revolt that takes over the Diet and alters Japanese society for decades to come. View from Osaka is a monthly column that examines the latest news from a Kansai perspective. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is developing sightseeing routes from Tokyo to various tourist attractions in the Tohoku region to publicize diverse allures in these two regions and encourage individual foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Keita Takahashi, a 55-year-old teacher, allegedly molested a 21-year-old woman on a road in Yokohama’s Hodogaya Ward last year (TBS News) SAITAMA (TR) – Law enforcement divisions in Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures have arrested two teachers in separat ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama became Chelsea’s official shirt partner in February 2015, and we celebrated our first title together when we lifted the Premier League trophy in May. In July, we announced the next step in our relationship – that Yokohama’s Alliance Tyres ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo tells a different story ... Japan's biggest toilet manufacturer was seven years old when the Olympics first came to Japan. TOTO Ltd. made news in 1964 for its prefabricated toilet-and-bath units that helped speed the construction of a luxury hotel ... ( read original story ...)