Anna Yagi was 39 when she was found dead in a hotel in Naha in the early hours of October 3. Okinawa police say she died from pressure to her neck; her backpack and wallet were missing, and surveillance footage showed the man who had entered the hotel with her leaving alone with what appeared […]...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A craft beer producer in central Japan is hoping that its U-shaped "wobbly" glass will encourage people to drink water along with the
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A film festival to support reconstruction from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes kicked off Saturday, with film director Isao Y
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Children should be careful not to spend too much time sitting, with a Japanese health ministry research team warning that long screen
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TOKYO (Kyodo9 -- KDDI Corp. and Japan Post Co. recently held a trial using a post office in a central Japan city as a hub to deploy aerial drones for
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TOKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The family of a 19-year-old worker who died after falling from a transmission tower in western Japan said Saturday it will
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BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku on Friday vowed to thrill Thai fans when the sport's governing body holds an exhibition tou
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering meeting Vietnamese President To Lam in Tokyo early next month to discuss energy
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KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- JR Hokkaido's popular sightseeing Kushiro Shitsugen Norokko Train made its final run Saturday through a wetland in eastern H
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KITAAKITA, Akita -- A nonprofit group has started spraying a bear repellent by drone in this northeastern Japan city as part of a demonstration experi
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In late June 1878, Isabella Bird and her party traveled upstream along the Ojika River toward what is now Lake Ikari in Tochigi Prefecture. Passing th
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 10 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did farm minister
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NIIGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Environment Ministry on Friday confirmed sightings of an endangered crested ibis over 300 kilometers away from Sado
