Police face discipline over inmate's escape
Osaka Prefectural Police plan to take disciplinary action against a police station in Osaka after an inmate's escape rev...
read moreFreed journalist Junpei Yasuda returns to Japan
Freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda comes back to Japan after being held captive by an armed militant group in Syria.
read moreJapanese freelance journalist freed
Junpei Yasuda, a freelance journalist held by an armed group in Syria for more than three years, is freed in Turkey.
read moreQuake damper data falsification scandal spreads
Anxiety spikes as another maker admits to falsifying quake damper data in earthquake-prone Japan.
read moreForeigners flock to Japan's countryside
Deep in Japan's countryside, Nanto is seeing a surge in foreign residents. Nippon TV meets the historic town's new citiz...
read moreJapan to end aid to China
Japan will end official development assistance to the world's second largest economy China after 40 years.
read moreBoat accident leaves island high and dry
An island town in western Japan is without water after a ship is believed to have hit a bridge and severed its water sup...
read moreGovt may cut Japanese partners invited to enthronement proclamation
The government is considering cutting the numbers of partners of Japanese invited to Crown Prince Naruhito's enthronemen...
read moreEco-points system to be revived
Japan is looking at reviving a residential 'eco-points' system to counter the effects of an October 2019 consumption tax...
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