Hokkaido population falls below 5 mil. in Japan's largest prefectural drop; Sapporo shrinks
SAPPORO -- The population of Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido dropped 244,342, or 4.7%, to 4,980,272 from 2020 to 2025, the largest decline of
SAPPORO -- The population of Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido dropped 244,342, or 4.7%, to 4,980,272 from 2020 to 2025, the largest decline of
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average asking price for a used condominium in Tokyo's 23 wards in September fell 0.4 percent from August to 126.29 million yen (
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large and very strong typhoon is moving in a northwesterly direction off Japan's southern islands, the weather agency said Friday,
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TOKYO -- At least 36 train delays have been caused by passengers' power banks catching fire across Japan over the past 10 years. Some incidents have h
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Formal dating bans have become rare in Japan's idol industry, yet reports of relationships still trigger online firestorms that expos
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's largest labor union said Thursday it will demand a wage hike of around 6 percent, with a minimum of 5 percent, in next spring
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Yokohama Mayor Atsumi Harasawa agreed Thursday to cooperate to ensure the success of an in
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Drivers and cyclists in Japan may be able to pay fines for minor traffic violations by credit card or mobile payment app as early as
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AOMORI -- Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Oct. 21 installed sensor cameras equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) recognition technology at
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks retreated Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei index ending below the 63,000 line for the first time since July, as gains
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ISTANBUL (Kyodo) -- A peace bell gifted to a Turkish city by its Japanese sister city has been recovered after being stolen last month, according to T
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two managers of a pharmacy in Tokyo popular with Chinese customers, including visitors to Japan, have been arrested on suspicion of s
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to establish a new postgraduate curriculum enabling people without prior teacher training to obtain a t
