Southwestern Japan shinkansen not operating with overhead wire damage found
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A bullet train service in southwestern Japan remained suspended from the first run Tuesday as workers carried out checkups of overh
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A bullet train service in southwestern Japan remained suspended from the first run Tuesday as workers carried out checkups of overh
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 13 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What are Japan's four l
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TOKYO -- The Japanese government is considering resuming intake of foreign meal preparation workers for medical and welfare facilities as well as scho
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yamaha Motor Co. said Monday that a cyberattack on a contractor's server may have exposed the personal information of about 1,600 mem
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TOKYO -- A team from Riken in Japan found a protein. It can make fruit flies live longer. This happened when the flies ate less food early in life.Rea
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TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo -- A celebrated civic space designed by renowned Japanese architect Togo Murano has reopened to the public in this western Japan cit
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Communist Party said Monday it would abandon its policy of cooperating with other opposition parties in national electio
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in September rose 6.8 percent from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed Tuesday.The growth in prices of
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MORIOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The secretary general of a Japanese opposition party on Monday called on farm minister Kazuo Yana to resign over remarks abo
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TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Seibu Lions 4-1 in Game 3 of the Pacific League Climax Series first stage on Monday, adv
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AOMORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Monday
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CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The faint smell of incense hung in the air as more than 200 inmates sat silently in a prison gymnasium, hands clasped in praye
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MITO -- A passport-style booklet called the "Ibaraki Passport," designed to foster local pride and attract tourists to the prefecture, has proved high
