Japanese police investigated more than 1,300 cases of stalking in 2024, the highest since a law criminalizing the act was enacted in 2000, according to police d...

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Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some onsen to shut down due to inadequate ...

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Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue will fight in Las Vegas for the first time in four years when he defends his undisputed super bantamweight world champions...

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Takefusa Kubo nets a thunderous strike before halftime as Spain's Real Sociedad win 2-1 away to Denmark's Midtjylland in the first leg of their Europa League kn...

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Many manufacturers of food and household products are joining Japan's growing luxury pet product market, catering to the owners wishing to pamper their

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Masahiro Nakai, a TV host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, says he has retired from show business.

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Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP who is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, has apologized for causing

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On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after escaping the Imperial Japanese Na...

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A group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors representing Nobel Peace Prize-winning group Nihon Hidankyo leave Tokyo for Oslo where they will attend the award cere...

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Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara place second in the pairs at figure skating's Grand Prix Final, missing out on the title they won two years ago.

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Japan attacker Takefusa Kubo scores the opener as Real Sociedad beat Valencia 3-0 at home for their first victory in six Spanish La Liga games.

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Bereaved families and local officials mark the 10th anniversary of the Mt. Ontake eruption, Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster, in a ceremony in centra...

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Japan guard Yuki Kawamura has signed for the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA club has announced.

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A Belarusian state-run television channel broadcasts a video in which it said a

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Two Japanese climbers fall from K2, the world's second highest mountain in northern Pakistan, with their conditions currently unknown, according to the Japanese...

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The number of people who required assistance on Japanese mountains hit a record high of 3,568 in 2023, police data showed Thursday, breaking the previous record...

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Hideki Matsuyama barely makes the cut at the Masters golf tournament after a double-bogey at the 18th hole gives him a scare.

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Kenya's Benson Kipruto won the Tokyo Marathon in a provisional race record of 2 hours, 2 minutes, 16 seconds on Sunday after outdueling countryman Timothy Kipla...

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Arrangements are being made for Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit the Noto Peninsula, possibly in late March, to meet with people affected b...

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The European Union has decided to negotiate with Japan on concluding a security and defense partnership agreement, with the bloc seeking to elevate bilateral ti...

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Once every year, a Japanese singer takes her act on the road to a small island in Japan's Seto Inland Sea, where she performs at a national sanatorium for forme...

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to replace four ministers, including the top government spokesman, as early as Thursday over their alleged involvem...

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A venture company in central Japan has been working on developing bug-repellant fabrics and clothing, with hopes of bringing finalized products to market by the...

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Japan's Empress Masako, on the occasion of her 60th birthday, expresses renewed eagerness to

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Two high-power electrical transformers were formally handed over to Ukraine on Thursday ahead of winter, the latest support provided by Japan to the war-torn co...

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A temporary skating rink in front of Tokyo Station is officially opened to the public, marking the first time such an attraction has been featured in the iconic...

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New Japanese semiconductor producer Rapidus Corp. and IBM Corp. says they have signed a deal to jointly develop next-generation chips.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering replacing some Cabinet members by the beginning of the regular parliamentary session scheduled to start in ...

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A freight ship sank in the Seto Inland Sea off Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on Feb. 2 after colliding with another freight ship, leaving two of its crew missing, ...

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Japan stun Germany 2-1 in their opening match of the World Cup in Qatar, with substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano netting second-half goals to secure the co...

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