Japan seeks Takaichi meeting with Trump next week
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is sounding out the United States on a meeting between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Tru
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is sounding out the United States on a meeting between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Tru

safety
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo police said Thursday the number of inquiries from foreign tourists over alleged overcharging in an area of Tokyo's Shinjuku War
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday, as investors grew wary over the possible ouster of Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang, while buying dri
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling coalition and a major opposition party on Thursday submitted a bill to parliament to cut 31 seats in the House of Repr
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government
TOKYO -- The University of Tokyo's College of Arts and Sciences held a briefing for students on the evening of Nov. 11 over the selection of the unive
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief on Thursday declined to discuss his intentions for next year's leadership race, af
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ryohin Keikaku Co., the operator of the Japanese retail brand Muji, said Thursday that some credit card information that should have
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato was selected for the inaugural award honoring late legend Shigeo Nagashima after winning the Cent
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Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Thursday called Russia's move to put the assets of Japan Tobacco Inc. under domestic c
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business
TAKAMATSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A town in western Japan has expanded a program allowing people and businesses to put their names on stone steps leading to
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schools
OBIHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The longstanding tradition of teaching children to skate in the northern Japanese city of Obihiro is under threat as warmer
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News
Everyday tools, according to Japanese folklore, acquire a spirit after 100 years and can cause trouble for humans. Such beings are known as "tsukumoga
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Local
TOKYO -- Former House of Representatives member Kazuhiro Haraguchi's legal team filed an appeal on Nov. 10 against a court ruling ordering him to pay
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