Kawasaki Heavy aims at 1 tril. yen in defense sales as Japan ups spending
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to boost its defense sales to 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) or more in the mid-2030s, as Japan r
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to boost its defense sales to 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) or more in the mid-2030s, as Japan r
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The denuclearization of North Korea has become an "increasingly improbable" goal, and the United States and its allies should move be
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. will launch a new digital payment service called "teppay" on Oct. 20, as the train operator aims to compete wi
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling for the deletion of World War II "enemy state" clauses from the U.N. Charter, spotl
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"It was more than 100 years after the arrival of the Dutch that the study of horizontal letters began." What Japanese scholar Sugita Genpaku (1733-18
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SAPPORO -- Research has found at least 39 "industrial comfort stations" existed across Japan for male Korean laborers mobilized into wartime industrie
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping and entertainment companies are launching new cruise ships with shorter, lower-cost itineraries, aiming to at
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NISHI-AIZU, Fukushima -- A small workshop in this northeast Japan town produces original leather goods from the hides of wild animals culled as nuisan
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IZUMO, Shimane -- Three train station buildings in Japan are designated as important cultural properties by the national government: the Marunouchi bu
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese BitTorrent users who thought they were simply downloading adult videos for free are increasingly receiving court notices and
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A craft beer producer in central Japan is hoping that its U-shaped "wobbly" glass will encourage people to drink water along with the
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