Japan's lower house to allow tablets, laptops in main chamber next year
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday to allow the use of tablet and laptop computers in the House of Representative
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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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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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A man in his 30s was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing a luxury watch worth about 46 million yen ($290,000) from a shop in
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TOKYO -- A bereaved parent who lost her eldest daughter in the Osaka Kyoiku University-affiliated Ikeda Elementary School attack 25 years ago gave a k
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks posted a three-day winning streak on Wednesday, as easing concerns over the profitability of artificial intelligence inv
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CHIBA -- Guinness World Records will recognize Futa, a red panda at Chiba Zoological Park in eastern Japan, as the oldest living red panda in captivit
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's antitrust watchdog on Wednesday approved a plan from the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. to improve its practices following
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A tug-of-war event between residents of Fukuoka and Oita prefectures was held on November 3 on the Fukuoka Prefecture side of the Yamakuni River, whic
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The ruling bloc led by the Liberal Democratic Party is expected to discuss an option of possessing nuclear-powered submarines and rev
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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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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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NAGOYA -- Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura has decided to seek a fifth term in the central Japan prefecture's next gubernatorial election, sources said.The el
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TOKYO -- Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said he would "fully support" Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she seeks reelection as president o
