1 in 5 young people in Japan worry about appearance as social media amplifies distress
OSAKA -- Children and young people in Japan are increasingly becoming concerned about their appearance, with some experts citing the influence of soci
OSAKA -- Children and young people in Japan are increasingly becoming concerned about their appearance, with some experts citing the influence of soci
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning, buoyed by dividend-driven buying, while weakening yen supported investor sentiment amid a lack of f
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Another typhoon was moving closer to Japan from south of Okinawa on Thursday, just days after Typhoon Dujuan wreaked havoc in areas n
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TOYOTA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan defeated China in the men's team table tennis final Thursday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, clinching its first gold
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OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Applications for special admission quotas at public high schools for students with foreign backgrounds exceeded the numbers available
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's national police will seek legal changes to allow investigators to remotely surveil smartphones used by crime ring members who
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The vacancy rate of offices in central Tokyo has fallen to the 1 percent range, the lowest since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemi
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump expressed concern about the yen's weakness during recent talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaich
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NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa will head to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX craft as early as next spring, the Nat
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will make a one-day trip to Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan next week to visit areas de
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HIROSHIMA -- West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) will display a car from its Doctor Yellow shinkansen track inspection train, set to retire in January 20
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OSAKA -- A total of 11 local governments, comprising five prefectures and six ordinance-designated cities, are seeking designation as a "secondary cap
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"Japan's biggest 'imoni' taro stew festival" was held in the city of Yamagata on September 20. Imoni is a popular dish in Yamagata Prefecture in autum
