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Tennis: Retired Nishikori shares fond memories with icon Federer
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's recently retired former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori enjoyed a reunion with all-time great Roger Federer in Tokyo on Sunday as t
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Akita dog reappointed as tourism stationmaster
At JR Odate Station in the city of Odate, Akita Prefecture, the birthplace of the loyal dog Hachiko, an Akita dog named Sora has been appointed touris
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Judo: Japan reclaims 8th world championships mixed team gold
BAKU (Kyodo) -- Japan reclaimed its eighth mixed team title at the world judo championships Sunday, beating Russia 4-1 in the final in Baku.In the six
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Asian Para Games: 5-time Paralympian Kimura vows best performance at home
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Five-time Paralympic swimmer Keiichi Kimura vowed to deliver his best performance as he gears up for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Game
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Swimming: Matsushita sets short course world record in 400 IM
SAGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita set a swimming short course world record to win the men's 400-meter individual medley on Sunday by
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Japan's emperor ponders decline of penhold grip in table tennis
AOMORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito pondered the apparent decline of the penhold grip in table tennis on Sunday while watching the sport at the
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Biggest US 'sushi' expo draws crowds in New York
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- A sushi expo in New York, touted to be the biggest of its kind in the United States, drew many Japanese-food fans and businesspeop
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30% of Japanese households with young children unhappy with mealtime environment
OSAKA -- Three in 10 households in Japan raising young children are dissatisfied with their mealtime environment, according to a recent survey.Mothers
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Japan cross-party group's head thanks Taiwan for support after disasters
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Keiji Furuya, leader of a cross-party group to promote friendship with Taiwan, said Sunday he had thanked President Lai Ching-te for
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Japanese women in 30s, 40s not as physically active: gov't survey
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese women in their 30s and 40s have shown a declining trend in physical fitness over the roughly 25 years through fiscal 2025, a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's recently retired former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori enjoyed a reunion with all-time great Roger Federer in Tokyo on Sunday as t
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Baseball: Watarai, Maki homer again as BayStars eliminate Giants in CS
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ryuki Watarai and Shugo Maki hit home runs for the second straight day as the DeNA BayStars reached the postseason Climax Series fina
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French defense firm Thales to build Japan base, media report says
Thales Chairman and CEO Patrice Caine told the Nikkei daily that the base "will mark a milestone toward Thales's long-term engagement in Japan."
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Tokyo police to set up section for autonomous driving accidents
The Tokyo force hopes to accumulate expertise and share it with police departments in other prefectures.
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Football: Hiroshima down winless Verdy to move up to 2nd in J1
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sanfrecce Hiroshima moved up to second in the J.League first division Sunday as they eased to a 2-0 win at winless Tokyo Verdy to put
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80 underpasses in Japan saw vehicles submerged over past decade: survey
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- At least 80 underpasses in prefectural capitals across Japan have seen vehicles submerged in floodwaters over the past decade,
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Report questioning Japan PM's parliament attendance stokes debate
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's presence at Diet committee sessions is in the spotlight after a think tank recently argued she should
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Major Japanese opposition party head eyes censure bid on farm minister
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The head of a major Japanese opposition party said Sunday he will decide whether to submit a censure motion against farm minister Kaz
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Japan stands by rule of law as US slaps sanctions against ICC
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will continue to stand behind the International Criminal Court based on its unwavering belief that the rule of law is important
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Japan denounces Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, urges deescalation
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Sunday that Japan denounces attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia, urging them to
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Japan defeats Russia to win mixed team gold at World Judo
Japan reached the final after defeating host Azerbaijan in the second round, Mongolia in the quarterfinals, and China in the semifinals.
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Japan urges oil stockpiling and development as Mideast risks rise
The push reflects Japan's efforts to reduce Asia's vulnerability to oil supply disruptions.
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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan
TOKYO/SEOUL (Kyodo) -- North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Japanese Defense Ministry said, with
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Japan study links enclosed streetscapes to better sleep
OSAKA -- People who live in streetscapes with a visual "sense of enclosure" created by buildings and trees get higher-quality sleep, according to find
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Kurobe canyon route tours trade comfort for rare look at underground works
KUROBE, Japan (Kyodo) -- The long-awaited opening of the Kurobe-Unazuki Canyon Route aims to draw visitors with an appetite for something out of the o
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Opinion: Japan growth lacks momentum, strategic investment key to productivity
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Revised data released by the Cabinet Office showed Japan's real gross domestic product expanded at an annualized 1.4 percent from the
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Interview: N. Korea denuclearization 'increasingly improbable': analysis site director
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The denuclearization of North Korea has become an "increasingly improbable" goal, and the United States and its allies should move be
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Kawasaki Heavy aims at 1 tril. yen in defense sales as Japan ups spending
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to boost its defense sales to 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) or more in the mid-2030s, as Japan r
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JR East to launch new 'teppay' digital payment service on Oct. 20
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. will launch a new digital payment service called "teppay" on Oct. 20, as the train operator aims to compete wi
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Nishikori appears alongside Federer at retirement event
At the event held at the Ariake Coliseum indoor stadium in Tokyo, Nishikori held exhibition matches with Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer and others.
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Japan’s Goto fires Freiburg to Bundesliga summit
Goto's 85th-minute winner saw Freiburg leapfrog Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund into first place.
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Emperor and empress watch table tennis matches at Japan Games
The imperial couple watched matches for boys and girls, held at a gymnasium in the city of Aomori.
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Anti-sexual assault certification set for Japan’s cram schools
The move comes ahead of the Dec. 25 launch of a Japanese version of Britain's Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Sports club affiliation influences physical strength, survey shows
The Japan Sports Agency survey also revealed that the physical strength of women in their 40s is declining markedly.
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North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan
At least two of the weapons were believed to have fallen into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
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Japan PM's call at UN for cutting WWII 'enemy' clause may roil China ties
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling for the deletion of World War II "enemy state" clauses from the U.N. Charter, spotl
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Yoroku: Let's not allow Japan to slip into a horizontal writing-only world
"It was more than 100 years after the arrival of the Dutch that the study of horizontal letters began." What Japanese scholar Sugita Genpaku (1733-18
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Research finds at least 39 'industrial comfort stations' across Japan during WWII
SAPPORO -- Research has found at least 39 "industrial comfort stations" existed across Japan for male Korean laborers mobilized into wartime industrie
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The Underground Art of Traditional Japanese Tattooing
There are many ways to look at a dragon. In The Japanese Tattoo, a new photobook by writer and photographer Manami Okazaki, one can begin with the obvious pleasures: the curve of its body across a man’s back, the dense black of sumi ink sunk deep into skin, the waves and clouds t...
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Japan cruises courting younger travelers with shorter, cheaper trips
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping and entertainment companies are launching new cruise ships with shorter, lower-cost itineraries, aiming to at