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At the 1970 World Expo, hosted in Osaka, Japan, the US pavilion gave the world a rare glimpse of a moon rock from NASA’s Apollo missions. With the Expo’s return to Osaka this year, the US also ... ( read original story ...)

A police officer was injured Friday by a man wielding a knife after he was stopped for questioning near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, in ... ( read original story ...)

A man wielding a knife was arrested near the US embassy in Tokyo, TBS news reported on Friday. A riot policeman was injured but the extent of his injuries is unknown, the report said, citing police ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Gas Co. has signed a preliminary agreement to explore buying liquefied natural gas from a long-stalled project in Alaska that has been championed by Donald Trump, days ahead of a visit by the US ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japan’s military buildup and spending, and an early upgrading of the country's ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese government sources say the country's new Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro is arranging to hold his first meeting with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as early as Wednesday in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Sumida Ward memorial preserves the remains of some 105,000 people, including those who died in the massive air raid. ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump will be in Japan and South Korea next week and he's expected to promote an epic windfall in investments for U.S. factories and projects. ( read original story ...)

The new junior party in Japan's ruling coalition is likely to give Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the green light she needs for a big spending package, but will stop short of supporting a revival of ... ( read original story ...)

PARNAÍBA, PIAUÍ, BRAZIL AND NAGOYA, AICHI, JAPAN / ACCESS Newswire / October 23, 2025 / NEBRA Hydrogen Research and Development S.A. ("NEBRA") and NITERRA Co., Ltd. today announced the signing of a ... ( read original story ...)

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), collaborating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have ... ( read original story ...)

A former New York Mets first-round pick wants to make it back to MLB. Anthony Kay has been away for two seasons, but he's "expected" to attempt a comebabck to the majors for the 2026 season, according ... ( read original story ...)

An overhauled squad led by Nick Champion de Crespigny will give Australia head coach Joe Schmidt a chance to assess the Wallabies’ depth in a one-off rugby test against Japan in Tokyo. Champion de ... ( read original story ...)

No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Leylah Fernandez of Canada on Thursday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

"Lefty Anthony Kay, the Mets' 2016 first-round pick, is expected to return to MLB after two years in Japan," Heyman wrote on X. "He led NPB this year in groundball rate (57.8%) while setting ... ( read original story ...)

Many MLB players keep their dream alive by heading overseas. That's exactly the career path former New York Mets pitcher Anthony Kay took. Kay, once a former fi ... ( read original story ...)