Japan debates creation of ‘special cities’ independent of prefectures
Some major cities say the proposed system would help them respond more effectively to population declines, among other regional challenges.
Some major cities say the proposed system would help them respond more effectively to population declines, among other regional challenges.
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YOKOHAMA -- Japanese major construction company Kajima Corp. on Sept. 14 unveiled to the media for the first time the construction site of a wooden to
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KYOTO -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, aged 88, has completed a monumental 92-panel series of paintings for the main hall of Ryoan
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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
