Tokyo police employee fakes own kidnapping
A woman employed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department feigns being kidnapped on a visit to her hometown in centra...
read moreKobe steel CEO apologizes for data falsification
Kobe steel CEO Hiroya Kawasaki apologizes for falsifying data and says that data for core steel products were also alter...
read moreEpic illumination at historic site
Nijo Castle is illuminated and opened to the public in the fall for the first time to commemorate a watershed historical...
read moreMercury plummets around Japan
Temperatures plunge as unseasonably warm weather gives way to a cold spell.
read moreBlack fox caught on film
A rare black fox is captured on video in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
read moreImpact of Japan's GPS
The fourth satellite for the Japanese version of a global positioning system was launched this week. The new GPS will no...
read moreCosplay boom meets history
Cosplay fans are using historic buildings as backdrops in northern Japan.
read moreTrump to meet parents of woman abducted by N.Korea
US President Donald Trump will reportedly meet the parents of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea.
read moreVolcano in southwestern Japan emits bigger plume
A volcano in southwestern Japan, which erupted Wednesday for the first time in about six years, emits bigger plume.
read moreCrowdfunded project to help needy students in Tokyo's Shibuya
A study-coupon project financed by crowdfunding is launched in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward to help needy junior high school stu...
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