Heavy rain deals blow to fish and rice farmers in Chiba Prefecture
Most of about 50,000 eels cultured by the Inbanuma fisheries cooperative in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, are believed to have died or been swept away.
Most of about 50,000 eels cultured by the Inbanuma fisheries cooperative in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, are believed to have died or been swept away.
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Amid a nationwide shift in which women's universities in Japan are either going coeducational or closing due to the country's shrink
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A major Japan-U.S. joint drill to start in October is expected to involve the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's long-range missile
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- French chanson and Buddhist sutras may seem an unlikely combination, but for 87-year-old priest Miruo Nakano, they have become a way
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TOKYO -- Foreigners are increasingly being caught attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into Japan. The cases involve stimulants, marijuana and etomidat
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LONDON (Kyodo) -- An unusual mix of stories about alienation, feminism, cats and coffee shops is charming foreign audiences as a boom in translated Ja
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's 15-year-old sensations Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara won the skateboarding park events on Friday as the host bagged eig
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K. plans to introduce its first ship powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system around May
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A fire broke out on Saturday at the Nagoya TV Tower, a landmark in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, but there has been no report
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ichitaka Yamashita won the men's marathon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, clocking 2 hours, 10 minutes, 49 seco
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's 11-year-old Yuki Kurihara, the youngest member of the national delegation, won the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games puzzle final on
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato was beaten for the second straight day Saturday while ozeki Aonishiki won to set up a fascinating finale to the Autu
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TOKYO -- On-location shooting is essential for films, television dramas and other visual productions, bringing realism and depth to stories through th
