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Tokyo will “contribute $37 million to the NATO trust fund” to purchase drone detection systems for Ukraine, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said during her press conference in Kyiv on Jan. 7, ( read original story ...)

Aftershocks are threatening to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan's western coastline this week rose to 126. ( read original story ...)

This marks the first arrest in the connection of a series of incidents, in which it is alleged that the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, once headed by Shinzo Abe, the late ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said on a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday that Tokyo was "determined" to support Ukraine, as the second anniversary of Moscow's invasion nears. "Japan is determined to support Ukraine so that peace can return to Ukraine, ( read original story ...)

After not being signed to an MLB team following a 194-game suspension from sexual assault allegations, Trevor Bauer spent the 2023 season in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Another incident involving a Japan Coast Guard aircraft has occurred at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, two days after a fatal collision between a coast guard plane and a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet, local media reported. ( read original story ...)

The elderly woman was found amid the ruins of a two-story house five days after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck central Japan. ( read original story ...)

As a former airline safety professional, I think JAL's preflight safety video helped save the lives of the 379 people who survived the terrible crash. ( read original story ...)

Japanese prosecutors made their first arrest Sunday in connection with a major political slush funds scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's already unpopular government. Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office apprehended former vice-education minister Yoshitaka Ikeda on suspicion of failing to report fundraising proceeds he received from his faction within the governing Liberal Democratic ...

On January 7, SM Entertainment officially announced that due to health concerns, Haechan would be sitting out NCT 127’s “NEO CITY : JAPAN – THE UNITY” concert at the Vantelin Dome Nagoya scheduled for ... ( read original story ...)

After recently embracing motherhood, Naomi Osaka has now started a new chapter of her competitive journey. As she is juggling the roles of an athlete and a parent, the Japanese tennis star has made a robust return to the tour following her season-long maternity break. ( read original story ...)

WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister vowed to provide "ceaseless" support to areas devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake as snow and sleet hampered rescue and relief efforts and local media reported that the disaster had now claimed at least 126 lives. ( read original story ...)

When Naomi broke things off with Bajin, it was a shock to the tennis world; at the time, she was the reigning No. 1 player, and he’d just been named the WTA Coach of the Year. After the 2019 Australian Open, though, where she won her second consecutive major, she called a fateful team meeting ...

Rescue teams are working through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets six days after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 126 people. ( read original story ...)

Police in Sapporo said Saturday they have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of fatally assaulting his 56-year-old father. According to police, Ryuta Tsuchida, a part-time worker, is accused of ... ( read original story ...)

On the first day of 2024, Osaka officially returned to action by playing against Tamara Korpatsch in Brisbane. In her first match since 2022 September and also her first match as a mom, Osaka was victorious as she beat Korpatsch 6-3 7-6 (9). ( read original story ...)