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KOFU, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji got its first snowcap of the season on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with radar and oth
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese major weekly Sunday Mainichi will suspend publication next April, ending its more than 100-year history, its publisher s
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NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Five people were rescued but one remained missing after a fire broke out on a tugboat off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture o
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TANABE, Wakayama -- A shrine in this western Japan city has unveiled enormous New Year's "ema" votive plaques for 2027 featuring two smiling sheep, sy
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan said Friday that underlying inflation has generally reached its 2 percent target, nearly 14 years after the goal wa
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Suzuki Motor Corp. overtook Honda Motor Co. to rank second among Japanese automakers in global vehicle sales in the April-September
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TOKYO -- An exhibition aiming to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through the history of the former eugenic protect
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MAKUBETSU, Hokkaido -- Researchers are conducting an excavation for fiscal 2026 at a fossil site in the Churui district of this northern Japan town wh
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SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- Character licensing company Sanrio Co. said Thursday it has decided to end a tie-up campaign with the hit Japanese spy thriller "V
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industrial output in September rose 2.2 percent from the previous month, marking the first increase in three months, as auto
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CEBU, Philippines (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi pledged Thursday at a regional defense forum to uphold the country's exclusive
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's unemployment rate in September improved to 2.4 percent from 2.5 percent in the previous month, the first fall in two months,
