'Japan needs to do more': Keido Ishige's vision for UNESCO recognition of calligraphy
TOKYO -- "Kana-sho," a uniquely Japanese form of calligraphy, creates beauty through the interplay of ink lines and empty space. The Japanese calligra
TOKYO -- "Kana-sho," a uniquely Japanese form of calligraphy, creates beauty through the interplay of ink lines and empty space. The Japanese calligra
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday vowed to work to reduce the burden of U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture duri
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday she conveyed Japan's "strong concern" over the European Union's consideration of a prefer
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to vote later in the day on a bill to cut the consumption tax on food and bevera
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The benchmark Nikkei stock index briefly fell more than 7 percent Friday morning, dropping below the 60,000 line for the first time s
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TOKYO -- Police in Japan recorded a provisional total of 15,919 bicycle traffic violations in the first six months after the introduction of a new "bl
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industry ministry on Friday ordered Chubu Electric Power Co. to improve operations following its manipulation of seismic data
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A year after ties with China went into a tailspin over remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on how Japan might respond to a crisi
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan should strengthen its economic and fiscal base to prepare for the event of a national security crisis, the Finance Ministry sai
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SMBC Consumer Finance Co. said Thursday that personal information of up to 320,000 customers had been leaked following unauthorized a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's real wages in September rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier, marking the ninth consecutive month of growth, government data
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kozo Tashima, honorary president of the Japan Football Association, said Thursday he intends to run for the FIFA presidency in the Ma
