More than 200 cars stranded by snow in western Japan
Heavy snowfall in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, strands more than 200 cars.
read moreCyber security training underway ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Joint cyber security training gets under way to protect infrastructure ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
read moreMore deep snows bury Sea of Japan coast
A winter cold front is bringing more paralyzing snowfalls to the Sea of Japan coast.
read morePanel summarizes abdication debate
A panel considering how Japan's emperor could abdicate summarizes its main points of debate.
read moreAbe expresses understanding for Trump's tweets
Japan's government is taking President Donald Trump's inauguration speech in stride.
read moreAbe to seek Trump's understanding on TPP
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he believes President Donald Trump to be trustworthy and that he will seek his understand...
read moreThe Japanese Communist Party's new course
The Japanese Communist Party relaxes decades-old hard-line policies in an effort to cooperate with opposition Democrats ...
read moreSuicides dropped in 2016
Suicides in Japan dropped below 22,000 for the first time in 22 years last year.
read moreDisabled paraglider inspires
A paraglider with muscular dystrophy is inspiring folks in Japan.
read moreMonkeys enjoy special treat at zoo in western Japan
On the coldest day of the Japanese calendar, monkeys at a zoo in southwestern Japan get a special treat.
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