Sumo: Onosato beaten again as Aonishiki wins to set up grand finale
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato was beaten for the second straight day Saturday while ozeki Aonishiki won to set up a fascinating finale to the Autu
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato was beaten for the second straight day Saturday while ozeki Aonishiki won to set up a fascinating finale to the Autu
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 26 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did the Aichi-Nag
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Videos falsely portraying foreigners as stealing metal from railway tracks in Japan have spread widely on the country's social media,
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A major Japan-U.S. joint drill to start in October is expected to involve the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's long-range missile
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- French chanson and Buddhist sutras may seem an unlikely combination, but for 87-year-old priest Miruo Nakano, they have become a way
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TOKYO -- Foreigners are increasingly being caught attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into Japan. The cases involve stimulants, marijuana and etomidat
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Having obtained ample rest and gathered information in Nikko, Isabella Bird finally set out for the "unexplored interior" on June 24, 1878. From this
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GIFU (Kyodo) -- A 25-year-old man was arrested on the spot on Saturday for allegedly throwing his two daughters off the balcony of his sixth-floor apa
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LONDON (Kyodo) -- An unusual mix of stories about alienation, feminism, cats and coffee shops is charming foreign audiences as a boom in translated Ja
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's 15-year-old sensations Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara won the skateboarding park events on Friday as the host bagged eig
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K. plans to introduce its first ship powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system around May
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A fire broke out on Saturday at the Nagoya TV Tower, a landmark in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, but there has been no report
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ichitaka Yamashita won the men's marathon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, clocking 2 hours, 10 minutes, 49 seco
