Abe meets Saudi King Salman
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met King Salman of Saudi Arabia today in Tokyo. It's the first visit by a Saudi king in 46 ye...
read moreSpring snow clearing begins on Zao Echoline
High in the mountains of northern Japan, spring snow clearing has begun.
read moreDéjà vu strikes at troubled Toshiba
Embattled Toshiba is expected to delay its earnings report...yet again.
read moreTokyo aims to please Olympic palates
Tokyo sets about to accomplish an Olympic feat: pleasing the palates of participants at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Para...
read morePlagiarism scandal hits online data curator
A third-party investigative panel reports that online information site operator DeNA posted more than 740,000 items of c...
read moreJapan commemorates victims of Great East Japan Earthquake
Japan commemorates the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
read moreThe secrets of sacred sculpture
A master craftsman reveals the secrets of the sacred drums called mokugyo.
read moreParliamentary Secretary quits over boots joke
The Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Management Affairs resigns after joking about rain boots in connection with a p...
read moreJapan to withdraw PKO mission from South Sudan
Japan announces the withdrawal of its peacekeeping mission from South Sudan by the end of May.
read moreMoritomo Gakuen withdraws application
Moritomo Gakuen, a kindergarten operator once linked to Japan's first lady, withdraws its application for an elementary ...
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