November is one of my favorite months in Japan — and not just because it marks the beginning of Sagittarius season. It’s the crisp, breathtaking peak of autumn, with golden ginkgo trees and auburn leaves blasting otherwise run-of-the-mill streets and mountain trails with wild bursts of color. The...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday he plans to meet with his South Korean counterpart on the sidelines of a gath
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KAWACHINAGANO, Osaka -- This western Japan city is promoting the use of vacant homes, viewing empty properties often regarded as liabilities as "treas
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People in Gunma Prefecture, former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's home prefecture and political base, have mourned his death at age 90, recalling a hum
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday experts on forest protection from the country's development aid agency will
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Germany's Siemens Energy AG plans to build a facility in Hokkaido that will serve as the regional base for the company's wind turbine
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Finnish counterpart Antti Hakkanen on Monday agreed to deepen cooperation and exchange
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HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Some pro-democracy activists from Hong Kong have faced needless uncertainties from Japanese immigration officials while trying to
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rebounded Tuesday as details of U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic's initial public offering filing eased re
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TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry is considering easing the conditions for single-parent households on welfare to own cars, particularly when families
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tetsuya Chiba, best known as the creator of the classic Japanese boxing manga series "Ashita no Joe" (Tomorrow's Joe) whose depiction
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 27 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What annual tradition d
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NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- U.S. Air Force's combat wing at Kadena Air Base in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture said Monday it has banned vehicles made by China'
