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The JR Yokosuka Line suspended operations between Tokyo and Yokohama stations on the morning of Feb. 22 to remove concrete pieces that fell onto the tracks in a tunnel. According to East Japan Railway ... ( read original story ...)

A Japan-based US Navy sailor has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing classified information to a foreign government. Bryce Pedicini is alleged to have given documents to foreign agents ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's efforts to rebuild its semiconductor industry are getting a shot in the arm as more and more Taiwanese chip companies expand here - not only to support a new TSMC plant but also excited about ... ( read original story ...)

Harry Kewell said Yokohama F-Marinos had achieved "something special" in his first home game in charge after beating Bangkok United 1-0 to reach the Asian Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business after he posted a piece of paper that read “I planted a bomb” in the toilet of a station ... ( read original story ...)

A growing number of whales are becoming stranded in a western Japan bay known for its maze-like passages, with experts warning the marine mammals are increasingly likely to wander into the area as ... ( read original story ...)

An American man has been jailed for three months after pleading guilty to involvement in providing banned performance-enhancing drugs to athletes before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.Eric Lira, 44, was ... ( read original story ...)

An annual event commonly known as the "naked man festival" came to an end after nearly 1,000 years due to the declining population in the area, organizers said. ( read original story ...)

Candice Villarreal/US Navy/Handout/Digital/Corbis via Getty ImagesA U.S. Navy chief petty officer stationed in Japan is facing four charges alleging he committed espionage and shared classified ... ( read original story ...)

It has been a turbulent time for Naomi Osaka of late. Coming back from a lengthy break after giving birth to her first child, the Japanese star is struggling to rise to the top again. At the beginning ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Texas man who pleaded guilty to involvement in providing banned performance-enhancing drugs to athletes before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was sentenced on Wednesday to ... ( read original story ...)

This is the largest industrial contingent outside Japan after the government relaxed post-war arms exports in 2014. ( read original story ...)

The yen's slide below 150 per dollar has fired up warnings from Japanese officials that the pace of depreciation is "excessive" and "undesirable," but a repeat of the yen-buying intervention frenzy of ... ( read original story ...)

Marinos had achieved "something special" in his first home game in charge after beating Bangkok United 1-0 to reach the Asian Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.Yokohama progressed 3-2 on ... ( read original story ...)

Sudden downpours in Tokyo’s Shibuya create painterly visions of the bustling city, the colors of its flashy billboards seemingly melting, taxis sparkling while speeding through the urban landscape. ( read original story ...)

The yen's slide below 150 per dollar has fired up warnings from Japanese officials that the pace of depreciation is excessive and undesirable, but a repeat of the yen-buying intervention frenzy of ... ( read original story ...)