On Tuesday, amid the crowds at Shibuya Crossing, a handful of figures stood out, dressed for the pool rather than the pavement. They were the players of Italian water-polo powerhouse Pro Recco, who crossed the famous Tokyo intersection barefoot in their competition swimsuits and caps. The stunt w...
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CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo Game Show kicked off Thursday, marking its 30th anniversary with the expanded presence of exhibitors from overseas a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday on position adjustments ahead of the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting.The 225-issue N
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato suffered his first loss at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday, while ozeki Kotozakura became the only unb
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's police agency on Wednesday launched an expert panel to consider allowing more foreign nationals to work in the private-sector
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan could see the approach of a typhoon during a five-day holiday period starting this weekend, with the weather agency announcing
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese man wanted for his role in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines plane may have died in North Korea, a source with knowle
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USHIKU, Ibaraki -- The government of this eastern Japan city known as the home of Ushiku Chateau, Japan's first full-scale winemaking facility, is lau
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IWAKI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Japanese man who has spent more than a decade supporting a remote Nepalese village devastated by an earthquake in 2015 is se
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HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima -- Childhood leukemia kept Maria Miki away from the ballet she loved for about a year when she was in junior high school. Now a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to reshuffle her Cabinet on Thursday, retaining many key ministers to ensure continuity
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign visitors to Japan in August fell 9.6 percent from a year earlier to 3.10 million, government estimates showed W
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's main opposition party officially split Wednesday, paving the way for some of its members to form a new party for "democratic
