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OSAKA TO PUSH 1970 EXPO TOWER FOR WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
The prefecture has moved forward with seismic strengthening work on the tower and restoration efforts for exhibits... READ MORE›
GIFU ELECTION LOSS BAD NEWS FOR POTENTIAL LDP CHALLENGER TO ABE
A party-backed mayoral candidate in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, was defeated earlier this month... READ MORE›
FALSE-ALARM MISSILE ALERT SPOOKS HAWAII RESIDENTS BUT JAPANESE SANGUINE
A false alarm warning of an incoming ballistic missile sent Hawaii -- a popular destination for Japanese -- into a panic Saturday, with some resi... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A REAL NUCLEAR ATTACK
Suddenly, the US Pacific Command detects the missile in mid-air and sends an alert to Hawaii's State Warning Point, which instantly activates its public warning system... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | UNDER TRUMP, NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP IS THE NEW NORMAL
The way Trump discusses nuclear weapons may fall into a pattern at times observed among military officials in the past, as researchers pointed out Tuesday... READ MORE›
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER VOICES FEARS OVER NORTH KOREA
Nobel peace prize winners urge australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
HELLO KITTY AND PIKACHU RECRUITED TO BACK OSAKA'S BID TO HOST THE 2025 WORLD EXPO
Hello Kitty and Pikachu have been enlisted to give Osaka a boost in its efforts to host the 2025 World Exposition... READ MORE›
BOAT WASHES ASHORE IN AKITA WITH EIGHT ABOARD CLAIMING TO BE NORTH KOREAN FISHERMEN
The discovery of apparent North Korean fishing boats is a fairly frequent occurrence in Japan and doesn't always rate as an urgent matter... READ MORE›
OSAKA MAYOR TO END SISTER CITY STATUS WITH SAN FRANCISCO OVER 'COMFORT WOMEN' STATUE
San Francisco 'comfort woman' statue angers Osaka mayor... READ MORE›
OSAKA GOV. ICHIRO MATSUI HEADS TO PARIS TO BOOST BID FOR 2025 WORLD EXPO
Yoshimura, who called the statue a form of Japan-bashing, has threatened to end the 60-year Osaka-San Francisco sister city relationship over the matter... READ MORE›
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JAPAN WARNS CITIZENS THEY MIGHT HAVE ONLY 10 MINUTES TO PREPARE FOR A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE
In 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong-1 missile -- ostensibly for launching a satellite -- over Japan and into its economic zone on the Pacific Ocean side... READ MORE›
JAPAN MARKS 72 YEARS SINCE HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB
Japan marked 72 years since the world's first nuclear attack on Hiroshima on Sunday, with the nation's traditional contradictions over atomic weapons again coming into focus... READ MORE›
CALL TO REMOVE GANDHI STATUE OVER 'RACIST VIEWS'
The truth about the South African Gandhi is uncomfortable, Desai said... READ MORE›
AS TRUMP TAKES CONTROL OF NUKES, HIROSHIMA'S EX-MAYOR URGES HIM TO MEET ATOMIC-BOMB SURVIVORS
Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump faced a recurring charge that he could not be trusted with the nation's nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
'NOT HELPFUL,' DONALD: WORLD REACTION TO TRUMP'S 'FIRE AND FURY' COMMENTS
Pedestrians and vehicles pass before the portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung L and Kim Jong-Il R in Pyongyang on July 21, 2017... READ MORE›
'ME FIRST' SPEECH ABANDONS TRUMAN'S 'SECURITY FOR ALL'
In his private life, it's me first. In his foreign policy, it's America First. Trump abjured any desire to address human rights abuses abroad... READ MORE›
AT HIROSHIMA MEMORIAL OBAMA SAYS NUCLEAR ARMS REQUIRE MORAL REVOLUTION
In another poignant moment, Mr. Obama exchanged an embrace with Shigeaki Mori, 79, who was 8 years old when the bomb fell... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S DEFENCE MINISTER VISITS YASUKUNI SHRINE AFTER PEARL HARBOR TRIP
Kyodo via REUTERS 2 8 left right Visitors pray at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, December 29, 2016... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY
The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›
JAPANS CABINET ROCKED BY NEW CLAIMS OF LINKS TO NEO-NAZIS WHO TARGET THE ETHNIC KOREAN POPULATION
Please read our Japan's government is weathering accusations of links to far-right groups that promote racism and hate speech... READ MORE›
JAPAN HOLDS FIRST-EVER EVACUATION DRILL SIMULATING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE STRIKE INTO WATERS NEARBY
Amid a growing missile threat from North Korea, the northern city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, held Japan's first-ever evacuation drill for local residents, g... READ MORE›
HIROSHIMA MEMORY MUST NEVER FADE, OBAMA SAYS ON HISTORIC VISIT
Barack Obama has become the first serving US president to visit Hiroshima since the World War Two nuclear attack... READ MORE›
UNESCO ADDS 40 KM OF KUMANO KODO PILGRAMAGE ROUTES TO WORLD HERITAGE REGISTER
A total of 347.7 km of the Kumano Kodo routes in all three prefectures have now been classified as World Heritage sites... READ MORE›
A NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR STRIKE ON TOKYO AND SEOUL COULD KILL 2.1 MILLION
North Korea's older warheads have yields in the 15-25 kiloton range, around the size of the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945... READ MORE›
2 DEATHS ARE REPORTED IN FIRE ON JAPANESE TRAIN
Television images showed emergency crews and railway workers surrounding the Shinkansen bullet train which had been traveling to the western city of Osaka from Tokyo... READ MORE›
JAPAN AVALANCHE KILLS SEVEN STUDENTS AND TEACHER
More than 40 injured after avalanche struck while students were climbing near Nasu Onsen ski resort north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE
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EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN FEARED DEAD IN JAPANESE AVALANCHE
The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km 75 miles north of Tokyo... READ MORE›
HIROSHIMA OBSERVES 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING
Nuclear weapons an 'absolute evil' Hiroshima mayor 70 years after bombing... READ MORE›
NAGASAKI MAYOR: THREAT OF NEW NUCLEAR ATTACK GROWING
RELATED Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb The international situation surrounding nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly tense, Taue said at Nagasaki's peace park... READ MORE›
JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ARGUE OVER A CHOCOLATE-COVERED PRETZEL STICK
South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them... READ MORE›
250 000 JAPANESE STILL DISPLACED 4 YEARS AFTER QUAKE
2 COMMENTEMAILMORE IITATE, Japan When a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Yumi Kanno did not hesitate... READ MORE›
BEARING MAKER NSK CLAIMS TO MAKE WORLD'S TOP FIDGET SPINNER
A major bearing maker in Kanagawa Prefecture claims to have developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any on the market -- 12 minutes and cou... READ MORE›
OSAKA'S ANCIENT BURIAL MOUNDS EYED FOR WORLD HERITAGE STATUS BUT CLEAR EXPLANATIONS ELUDE
The government's decision in late July to nominate a group of 49 ancient burial sites in southern Osaka Prefecture for UNESCO World Heritage status has rai... READ MORE›
RESIDENTS UNSURE HOW TO REACT AS NORTH KOREAN MISSILE FLIES OVER JAPAN
North Korea's firing of a missile over northern Japan on Tuesday heightened concerns among citizens, triggering alerts in communities and prompting some to... READ MORE›
RESEARCHERS FIND WRECKAGE OF WWII-ERA USS INDIANAPOLIS
Hulver's research identified a naval landing craft that had recorded a sighting of the Indianapolis the day before it sank... READ MORE›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
TOKYO SECOND-RISKIEST CITY IN THE WORLD FOR DISASTERS, LLOYD'S OF LONDON SAYS
Both Tokyo and Osaka were cited as examples of a combination of high economic value and high exposure to both natural catastrophes and man-made risks... READ MORE›
GRADUATING FROM MARRIAGE IN JAPAN
The term sotsukon was coined in 2004 by Japanese author Yumiko Sugiyama in her book Sotsukon no Susume... READ MORE›
NUCLEAR CAMPAIGNER WHO SURVIVED NAGASAKI BOMBING DIES AGED 88
A prominent nuclear disarmament campaigner who was delivering mail in Nagasaki when the US dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, has died at the age of 88... READ MORE›