Asian Games: Hojo wins Japan's 1st gold at Aichi-Nagoya in men's triathlon
GAMAGORI, Aichi (Kyodo) -- Takumi Hojo won Japan's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in men's triathlon on Sunday.Hojo clocked 52 minut
GAMAGORI, Aichi (Kyodo) -- Takumi Hojo won Japan's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in men's triathlon on Sunday.Hojo clocked 52 minut
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FUKUI (Kyodo) -- An interactive, crab-themed complex in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, hopes to become a new landmark and attraction for visitors ea
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masahiro Tanaka earned the 204th win of his combined Japanese and U.S. professional baseball career, moving into outright second plac
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SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Local residents in a city in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, have taken on a new role of "station attendants" at a once unman
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato blew away No. 3 maegashira Churanoumi to stay on top of the leaderboard at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Satur
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NIIGATA -- Niigata Prefecture's new rice variety "Natsuhime" (summer princess) made its debut this summer. An extremely early maturing variety that ca
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ITO, Shizuoka -- Standing in front of the Ito-shi Kanko Kaikan, literally the Ito city tourism hall, in Shizuoka Prefecture, one can feel the sea bree
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WASHINGTON (Mainichi) -- One day in mid-May after arriving home from school, my eldest son, 8, informed me, "Today we learned about 'Susen Bee.'"Our f
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games began Saturday, with Japan hosting the continental summer games for the first time since 1994 and welco
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CHIBA -- One month has passed since torrential rain in Chiba Prefecture killed 13 people. Since then, intense downpours have continued to strike Japan
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A member of Japan's pop idol group timelesz was sent to prosecutors on Sunday for alleged assault of a woman in Tokyo.Shuto Inomata,
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Erisa Sano Herring chose to represent Japan over Canada at age 18.
