Japan wants nuclear submarines, but can it overcome the obstacles?
The push comes as the nation seeks to keep pace with both security partners and emerging threats.
The push comes as the nation seeks to keep pace with both security partners and emerging threats.
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Nov. 12 to test your news knowledge. Ready?How was a stolen Audema
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the up to 3.13-fold disparity in the weight of votes in the July 2025 Senate election was
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KOBE (Kyodo) -- A Japanese sake brewer has found an unlikely use for brewing waste, turning it into cattle feed that reduces manure odors and gives ne
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday to allow the use of tablet and laptop computers in the House of Representative
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MORIOKA -- About 470 people took part in this year's Buddy Walk in this northeastern Japanese city in an event where people walk alongside those with
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Uchidaya Co., a long-established Hakata udon chain from southwestern Japan known for its soft noodles, will make its first entry into
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UKI, Kumamoto -- Three months after the Kumamoto earthquake struck in late July, some survivors are gradually settling into temporary housing, though
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HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Three people remained unaccounted for after a fire engulfed a house in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima on Wednesday nig
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As severe cold weather gripped much of Japan on Nov. 11, a view of Mount Fuji from a helicopter showed its peak blanketed in white snow, standing in s
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TOKYO -- In August 2024, Toshihiro Nikai went to Beijing. Nikai was the former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He was al
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in October rose 7.1 percent from a year earlier, maintaining a high rate of increase, Bank of Japan data sho
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday after overnight gains on Wall Street driven by stronger-than-expected earnings results from U.S.
