Farm chief appears to backtrack on legality issue over free voter bus rides
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana on Wednesday appeared to backtrack on his assertion that his past provision of free bus ride
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana on Wednesday appeared to backtrack on his assertion that his past provision of free bus ride
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TOKYO -- An event featuring around 20 activities encouraging visitors to enjoy experiences without using their vision will be held Oct. 24 at a facili
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TV personality Matsuko Deluxe, 53, became the one-day chief of Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on October 7. While saying, "Our ears are touching," Ma
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A local coast guard office in Kanagawa Prefecture is studying the use of an artificial intelligence-powered aerial drone to
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KOFU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A park near Mt. Fuji donated 8,000 moss phlox plants to a group in Yamagata Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Tuesday, so the
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major telecommunications provider NTT Inc. is considering building the first core data center for U.S. artificial intelligence compan
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TOKYO -- TELMA Ltd. designer Terumasa Nakajima has received the Newcomer's Prize and Shiseido Co.'s encouragement award at the 2026 Mainichi Fashion G
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MOSCOW (Kyodo) -- A delegation from the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang visited one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan to con
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CHIBA -- Chiba Prefectural Police have suspended the Vietnamese-language written driver's license test after discovering the test questions had been l
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has asked Russia to promptly provide information regarding reports of the detention of a Japanese journalist on Sakhalin in the
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SUSAMI, Wakayama -- A special exhibition titled "A Halloween party with vampires" has opened at the Susami Municipal Aquarium of Crab and Shrimp in th
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MAEBASHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- An emerald-green crater lake in eastern Japan drew crowds of tourists Tuesday as the surrounding area reopened for the firs
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A book by International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane has seen a surge in sales since the United States announced sanctions a
