Asia’s largest sporting event returns to Japan this autumn as Nagoya and its surrounding Aichi Prefecture host the Asian Games, featuring more than 11,000 athletes across 43 sports from September 19.
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TOKYO (AP) -- Naomi Osaka, seeded No. 7 and playing before home fans in Japan, was knocked out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday by Mia Pohankova of
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A team of researchers from Japanese and U.S. universities has identified a gene in yellow fever mosquitos key to the mechanism of ma
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A man died at a construction site Thursday in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, while rescue efforts are underway for another m
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Thursday, buoyed by advances in heavyweight technology share Advantest after an upward revision to its earnings for
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TOKYO -- In interparty talks on reforming Japan's House of Representatives electoral system, the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan is expected to conclude that underlying inflation has effectively reached its 2 percent target during a two-day pol
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One would never imagine that an expired driver's license could be improperly diverted by the police in Japan. Such misuse constitutes a serious violat
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's government asked telecommunications companies to block access to a website carrying purported customer information stolen fro
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced internationally renowned pianist Kyohei Sorita to 3 months in prison, suspended for 2 years, f
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TOKYO -- A 39-year-old company executive has been arrested on suspicion of helping a Chinese national obtain a "highly skilled professional" work visa
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BERLIN/TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Germany and Japan have agreed to hold defense minister-level talks soon to discuss the European country's possible participati
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KOROR, Palau (Kyodo) -- A Japanese-led glassware brand using discarded bottles has become one of Palau's signature local products, winning over enviro
