For many, Kazuto Kasahara was the breakout heartthrob of Netflix Japan’s hit reality show The Boyfriend. With his boy-next-door good looks, disarmingly sweet smile and culinary skills — highly useful in a show where much of the conversation took place over home-cooked meals — Kasahara quickly cap...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A ruling party panel on Thursday presented Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with proposals including a permit system for foreign and Jap
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori lost in the first round of the final tournament of his career at the Japan Open on Thursday,
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Sumo Association said Thursday that it will stage a three-day exhibition from June 11 next year in Bangkok, marking the fir
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation headed by leaders from Japan's major business organizations is considering visiting Beijing next March, sources familiar
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"Population figures serve as the basis for taxation and various administrative laws." Before becoming Japan's "commoner prime minister," Takashi Hara
