China's Foreign Ministry said on January 23 that no abnormality in the concentrations of radioactive substances was foun...

S/ Sasaki’s extra!Baseball player Sasaki Roki’s home prefecture of Iwate in northeastern Japan reacts with excitement af...

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Man sentenced to death for fatal stabbing at Japanese school bus stop in China

A Chinese court has sentenced a 52-year-old man to death for stabbing three people, one fatally, in Suzhou near Shanghai...

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Bank of Japan raises interest rate to around 0.5 percent

The Bank of Japan has decided to raise its policy interest rate from the current level of about 0.25 percent to around 0...

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Scandal-hit TV star announces retirement

Nakai Masahiro, a TV star who was a member of the former Japanese popular boy band SMAP, announced his retirement on his...

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SoftBank and others to invest $500 billion in AI

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on January 21 that Japan's SoftBank Group, Open AI and Oracle will together invest...

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Defense minister visits garrison on Japan's westernmost island

Defense Minister Nakatani Gen visited Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture on January 22.He spok...

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Police release images of suspect in fatal stabbing at Nagano Station

Three people were stabbed in front of Nagano Station in central Japan at around 8 p.m. on January 22.Police said that a ...

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Japanese yen drops sharply following Trump's tariff threat

The Japanese yen saw a volatile price swing against the dollar following Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 21.The ...

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Fire in popular tourist spot in Osaka injures one

Black smoke filled up Osaka’s popular tourist destination Tsutenkaku on January 21.A fire broke out at a game arcade nea...

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