Marine sites off Japan's Chiba Pref. join list of world's top geological heritage locations
TOKYO -- The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced its latest 100 Geological Heritage Sites on Nov. 6, selecting six deep-sea lo
TOKYO -- The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced its latest 100 Geological Heritage Sites on Nov. 6, selecting six deep-sea lo
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has reprimanded former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and three other lawmakers for walking ou
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FUKUI -- An initiative to purify and disinfect rainwater for use in food and beverages is underway in this central Japan city.On Nov. 3, an event was
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings Co. on Monday said up to 37.62 million customer records may have leaked due
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Vietnamese President To Lam are expected to affirm deeper energy security cooperation in t
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YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- An exhibition of sculptures created by artists from Japan and Vietnam has begun in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, to ma
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index briefly jumped over 3 percent Monday, on dip-buying led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related
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NAGATO, Yamaguchi -- Yamaguchi Prefecture has teamed up with the parent company of major conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro and other partners to launc
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Recently elected Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja said Monday that he supports a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military air base withi
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TOKYO -- Japan's education ministry has presented draft ministerial guidelines stating that digital textbooks scheduled for introduction from fiscal 2
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Chinese man was referred to prosecutors Monday for allegedly disrupting a major mobile carrier's services in Tokyo's Ginza shopping
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It has been one year since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made comments in the Diet about a Taiwan contingency that so angered Beijing, yet Japan still
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FUKUTSU, Fukuoka -- The fire department serving the Fukuoka Prefecture cities of Munakata and Fukutsu has developed a small, unmanned firefighting rob
