Japan targets medal haul at home Asian Games
Several Japanese athletes are seeking to build on their performances at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Several Japanese athletes are seeking to build on their performances at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet and unveiled a new leadership lineup for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in August rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier, remaining below 2 percent for the eighth consecutive mon
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KOBE -- An anonymous individual has donated 35 kilograms of pure gold ingots worth 833.74 million yen (about $5.4 million) to the Hyogo Prefectural Go
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TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday presented more than NT$300 million ($9.4 million) in donations raised in Taiwan to help those
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Bullet train services on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line resumed along the entire route Friday for the first time in 52 days aft
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet reshuffle Thursday set the stage for next year's race for the presidency of the ruling Libera
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's immigration agency had 103 IC card printers, worth about 56.5 million yen ($363,000), sitting unused at seven regional bureau
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering an ordinance banning littering, as trash left in downtown entertainment districts ha
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to 1.25 percent from 1.0 percent on Friday, accelerating monetary tightening as it see
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TOKYO -- An Asian black bear was captured on a wildlife observation camera walking on Mount Takao in the western Tokyo city of Hachioji on the night o
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Friday morning, as the benchmark Nikkei index was lifted by heavyweight technology shares, although the overa
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LONDON (Kyodo) -- If you've ever seen Japanese horror novelist Uketsu -- who wears a stark white mask and full black bodysuit -- chances are you'd nev
