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The Blue Impulse aerobatics team from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force flew over the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, on July 12 and 13 ...

The Tohoku Regional Forest Office in the city of Akita has announced that beech trees in five Tohoku prefectures of ...

As Japan is experiencing extreme heat, a spate of water accidents has been reported across the country, and many foreigners ...

A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man to 3 years and six months in prison for spying, the Japanese Embassy in ...

Struggling yokozuna Hoshoryu withdrew from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday after beginning the 15-day meet with ...

Japan's trade surplus in June shrank 30.8 percent from a year earlier to 153.1 billion yen ($1 billion) as automobile and ...

What is one major change to Japan's system for switching a foreign driver's license to a Japanese one starting in October ...

Japan's weather agency said Wednesday that data from an offshore tsunami gauge in the Pacific Ocean is currently unavailable, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that striking a trade deal with Japan by the Aug. 1 deadline he has set to ...

Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said Wednesday it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Japanese rival Seven ...

Hiroto Takahashi threw a four-hit shutout as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers 6-0 on ...