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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nocchi of Japanese all-female techno-pop group Perfume has married actor Kento Shibuya, according to an announcement Sunday on the of
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Japan's ruling party zeroes in on ex-PM, others over tax cut bill walkouts
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is urging four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, to explain themselves
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Passengers try out Japan's new top-tier 'Supreme Class' bullet train seating in Nagoya
NAGOYA -- An event offering passengers a chance to try out the "Supreme Class" private compartment service introduced on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet
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Diary left by Japan aviator killed in WWII reveals his true self to sister 81 years later
OITA -- An exhibition held at a local museum in this southwest Japan city this summer gave an 81-year-old woman a chance to learn more about a brother
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Retro Japan: Hino civic hall remains a welcoming space 4 decades after opening
TOKYO -- Some four decades after its completion in 1985, the well-maintained Hino civic hall in the suburban Tokyo city of Hino remains as comfortable
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Japan convenience store operators expand digital signage to spur purchases
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's three major convenience store chains are expanding digital signage to spur purchases and generate advertising revenue amid sl
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Traditional deer antler-cutting ceremony held in Nara Park
NARA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A traditional event of cutting the antlers of deer, a custom passed down for over 370 years since the Edo period, was held Satu
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Ritsuko Nakayama, pioneer of Japan's bowling boom, dies at 84
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ritsuko Nakayama, a pioneering female professional bowler who helped ignite the bowling boom of the late 1960s and 1970s in Japan, di
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15 companies join hands to push for 2028 air taxi service in western Japan
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- MUFG Bank and other major Japanese companies from a range of industries have joined forces to study how to commercially deploy air ta
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Earthquake alert
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.Day and Time: Nov. 8, 2026, 10:53 a.m.Epicenter: Kumam
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Astellas' Japanese employee in Chinese prison to be released in Dec.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. held in a Chinese prison for spying is expected to be released in December, sources close
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Shinkansen bullet train services resume between Tokyo, northeastern Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train services resumed between Tokyo Station and Morioka Station in northeastern Japan on Sunday after a sus