On nuclear policy, Koizumi agrees with Finnish defense chief: Japan ‘must not be naive’
The two defense ministers discussed the Nordic country's decision to allow nuclear weapons onto its soil as Japan weighs a similar policy shift.
The two defense ministers discussed the Nordic country's decision to allow nuclear weapons onto its soil as Japan weighs a similar policy shift.
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TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry is considering easing the conditions for single-parent households on welfare to own cars, particularly when families
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tetsuya Chiba, best known as the creator of the classic Japanese boxing manga series "Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe)" whose depiction
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NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- U.S. Air Force's combat wing at Kadena Air Base in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture said Monday it has banned vehicles made by China'
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese internet service provider GMO Internet Group Inc. said late Monday that a hacker claiming to have launched an unauthorized i
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KANIE, Aichi -- High-price bicycles are now for rent in this central Japan town. Some are worth up to 1 million yen (approx. $6,320). They have famous
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of customers affected by a data breach will file a lawsuit against major car-sharing service operator Park24 Co., seeking 30,
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday the government will compile by the end of next week an emergency package of additi
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Central Japan Railway Co. on Monday began commercial service of its new bullet inspection train "Dr. S," used to check tracks and ov
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese Embassy official in Russia conducted a consular visit Monday with a Japanese journalist detained in the country nearly two
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SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Pufferfish exhibit a behavior rarely seen in fish: They close their eyes in a motion resembling a wink. A research team has
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TOKYO -- Japan's government will draft rules for "contract synthesis," in which specialized companies artificially synthesize DNA on third-party order
