A wild monkey in Yamaguchi Prefecture has allegedly thrown a kitten into a pond and attacked the man who tried to rescue it. The incident took place on October 13 in the city of Shunan, where a 49-year-old resident heard a splash in his garden and went outside to investigate. According to local b...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Churanoumi became the first wrestler from Okinawa Prefecture to reach the three "sanyaku" ranks below yokozuna on Monday after he ros
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The origins of the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto go back to the early Edo period (1603-1867), during the 17th century. At the time, there was an ear
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ANGERS, France (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kao Miura claimed second after a strong men's free skate at the Grand Prix de France on Sunday, the opening tourname
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TOKYO -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi topped a Mainichi Shimbun poll on who the public favors as the next prime minister, followed by Defense Ministe
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TOKYO -- The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet stood at 45% in a nationwide opinion poll conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun o
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese manga artist and conservative commentator Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government on Monday, arguing that a recent revision
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, known for strengthening ties between Japan and China but who struggled to manage affairs
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TOKYO -- The number of people who died by suicide in Japan in 2025 fell below 20,000 for the first time since records began, according to the governme
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama said Monday she will exercise her right to join the game's main professional "kishi" ranks as the first
