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US ARMY WORKER JAILED FOR JAPAN MURDER
The US has about 26,000 troops spread over several bases on the island, including some in densely populated areas... 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›
JAPANESE DEPARTURE TAX COULD HAVE LARGE IMPACT ON AIRLINES SUCH AS LOW-COST CARRIERS
Japanese departure tax could have large impact on airlines such as low-cost carriers ANA CEO... READ MORE›
JAPAN IS ALL ABUZZ ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF A TRUMP
TOKYO -- Trump is set to deliver a much-anticipated speech in Tokyo that the Japanese government hopes will make waves... READ MORE›
JAPAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN KOBE STEEL ISSUE
TOKYO Reuters - The Japanese government wants to get actively involved in the issue of Kobe Steel's 5406.T data fabrications, Hiroshige Seko, the minister of... READ MORE›
JAPAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN KOBE STEEL ISSUE
The ministry has also asked Kobe Steel's customers to ensure the safety of automobiles and planes... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA EVACUEE TO TELL UN THAT JAPAN VIOLATED HUMAN RIGHTS
Mitsuko Sonoda will say evacuees face financial hardship and are being forced to return to homes they believe are unsafe... READ MORE›
RETURNEE HASUIKE SUGGESTS OFFERING ELECTRICAL AID TO NORTH FOR REMAINING ABDUCTEES
Former abductee Kaoru Hasuike on Saturday proposed offering goods or know-how to North Korea, such as technical help for easing electricity shortages, in e... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Government Of Japan
RADIOACTIVE BOARS THWART RESIDENTS PLANS TO RETURN HOME
Boars have caused about 854,000 in damage to agriculture in Fukushima prefecture, reported the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri... READ MORE›
JAPAN HAS A WORRYING NUMBER OF VIRGINS GOVERNMENT FINDS
Japan has a worrying number of virgins government finds... READ MORE›
JAPAN WANTS ITS OVERWORKED CITIZENS TO START WEEKENDS EARLY
That may provide some boost to private consumption, which is about 60 percent of the economy... READ MORE›
IS WAGYU THE WORLD'S MOST OVERRATED STEAK?
Decided Japanese wagyu wasn't the answer he sought... READ MORE›
U.S. WORLD WAR II VET RETURNS JAPANESE FLAG TO FALLEN SOLDIER'S FAMILY 73 YEARS LATER
About 20 years ago, Tatsuya visited Saipan with his younger brother, imagining what their older brother might have gone through... READ MORE›
THE JAPANESE ART OF MAKING SCHOOL LUNCH (AND NOT A PB&J IN SIGHT)
Maruo offers kyara-ben lessons at her home through her company, Obento4kids, and also has a YouTube channel... READ MORE›
JAPANESE POLITICIAN IN SEXISM ROW AFTER CALL FOR WOMEN TO HAVE MORE BABIES
The Japanese government's top spokesman has rebutted charges of sexism after he called on women to contribute to their country's wellbeing by having more babies... READ MORE›
ISIL VIDEO CLAIMS JAPANESE HOSTAGE BEHEADED
You have seen the photo of my cellmate, Haruna, slaughtered in the land of the Islamic Caliphate... READ MORE›
THE NEW GODZILLA FILM IMAGINES A STRONG JAPAN PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE U.S.
Japanese people can come out of the movie theater and feel proud to be Japanese... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AS JAPAN SNUBS ANTARCTIC WHALING BAN
Environment minister Greg Hunt says he hopes Japan does not undertake so-called scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer... READ MORE›
TOSHIBA'S WESTINGHOUSE TO FILE FOR U.S. BANKRUPTCY TUESDAY
A Westinghouse bankruptcy filing will help limit future losses for Toshiba... READ MORE›
HUSBAND PLANTS THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE HIS BLIND WIFE SMILE AGAIN
Japan may be famous for its cherry blossom at this time of year, but in Miyazaki Prefecture people flock to see a different floral spectacle... READ MORE›
ABE FACES GROWING WRATH OF OKINAWANS OVER US BASE
But as he begins to focus on the noneconomic pieces of his agenda, resistance is stirring not only in Okinawa but across Japan... READ MORE›
MEET THE YOUNGSTERS HELPING SOLVE JAPAN'S CAREGIVING CRISIS. LIKE KUNIO ODAIRA, 72.
Kunio Odaira, 72, started working at the Cross Heart nursing home in Yokohama, Japan, after retiring from his job in sales at an auto parts maker... READ MORE›
JAPAN WAKES UP TO BAD NEWS
Others are angry at Japanese TV stations that are repeatedly showing snippets from the murder video, calling it a direct terror threat against the Japanese people... READ MORE›
JAPAN HOTEL FACES CHINA BACKLASH AFTER DENYING NANJING MASSACRE
Japanese hotel chain APA Group faced fire from Chinese tourists after a video showed the hotel carrying literature that denies Japan's wartime atrocities... READ MORE›
ISIL SETS NEW DEADLINE FOR PRISONER SWAP
The threat came in a video posted on Islamic State-affiliated Twitter accounts that featured a voice identified as Japanese hostage Kenji Goto... READ MORE›
JAPAN ACCEPTED ONLY 28 REFUGEES LAST YEAR, DESPITE SOARING APPLICATIONS
Japan accepted only 28 refugees last year, despite soaring applications -- RT News... READ MORE›
JORDAN RENEWS PRISONER SWAP OFFER AFTER ISIL CLAIMS TO BEHEAD HOSTAGE
Jordan renews prisoner swap offer after ISIL claims to behead hostage... READ MORE›
OH DEER NARAS FAMOUS FOUR-LEGGED CREATURES ARE BEING CULLED
The deer in and around Nara park pose a danger to people as well as crops... READ MORE›
JAPANESE HOSTAGE FEARED MURDERED BY ISLAMIC STATE
The United States strongly condemns the brutal murder of Japanese citizen Haruna Yukawa by the terrorist group Isil... READ MORE›
JAPAN CABINET APPROVES EMPEROR AKIHITO ABDICATION BILL
But current Japanese law has no provision for abdication, thus requiring politicians to craft legislation to make it possible... READ MORE›
JAPAN WANTS FREE TRADE DEAL WITH EU BY YEAR-END
TPP is a key to Japan's reforms and a pillar of Washington's pivot to the Asia-Pacific, according to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S SILENCE ON YEN IS 'AMAZING,' FORMER JAPAN FX HEAD SAYS
His promise to defend Japan if China attempted to seize disputed islands in the East China Sea eased one of Japan's greatest anxieties, said Yamasaki... READ MORE›
WITH FATE OF ISIS HOSTAGES IN LIMBO, WIFE ISSUES EMOTIONAL PLEA
3 COMMENTEMAILMORE The fate of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and Jordanian military pilot Lt... READ MORE›
JAPAN EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR WWII ATTACK
But Mr Muller was never aware of his father's harrowing experience until only a year ago after he began researching his family's history... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S MOST SALACIOUS CRIME NEWS -- AND THE AMERICAN WHO PUBLISHES IT
Bull arrived in Tokyo 17 years ago, speaking no Japanese, on a short visit... READ MORE›
MARCH 6, 9 AM NEWS UPDATE: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILES, IT DEPT BEGINS CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SHELL COMPANIES AND OTHERS
Reports suggested that the Japanese government spokesman said three of four missiles landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone... READ MORE›
JAPAN ITS OWN ENEMY IN IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY
Apart from rogue hackers, criminal organizations or even state-backed cyberwarfare units, Japan's businesses and government agencies are facing a unique cybersecurity foe themselves... READ MORE›
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION AND DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT
Usually a Ponzi scheme doesn't work in the private economy, but the government always has the next generation of taxpayers to rely on, he said... READ MORE›