Snowcapped Mt. Fuji stands out against blue sky as cold weather grips Japan
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
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 (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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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.
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There has been excitement over a stone tool likely to be the oldest such artifact in Japan that was discovered at the Kanmuri ruins in the prefecture.
