At least 33 people dead, dozens injured in suspected arson at Kyoto Animation studio
About 70 people were believed to have been working when the fire broke out at around 10:35 a.m.
The full-year crime figure has continued to drop from a peak in 2002.
Shinzo Abe considers Cabinet reshuffle in September if he wins Upper House election
Arrangements are also being made to convene an extraordinary parliamentary session Aug. 1 to pick the Upper House’s new president and vice president, say officials.
Commission warns Johnny & Associates about alleged pressure on broadcasters over ex-SMAP members
The Fair Trade Commission has warned that the agency might be in violation of the antimonopoly law, sources said.
Cyberthreats bound to expand ahead of 2020 Games, experts warn
As Japan gears up for the 2020 Olympics in just over a year, it needs to brace for sophisticated cyberattacks, experts say. With the proliferation of smart devices and drones, such attacks are likely to increase not only in number, but also in complexity. Previous Olympic ...
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan and Mitsubishi for breach of contract: report
Liberal Democratic Party leading in poll for single-seat districts in Upper House election
Path to the Diet still strewn with high hurdles for Japan's women
Japan may take South Korea wartime labor dispute to International Court of Justice: NHK
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force launches new Aegis destroyer in Yokohama
Japanese record-breaking free diver Sayuri Kinoshita, 30, dies after fall from apartment
Fear of Facebook Inc.'s Libra initiative proved to be common ground for global finance chiefs as they met to discuss more contentious issues, from digital taxation to the economic outlook, on Wednesday. "Libra is on everyone's mind," German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told reporters at ...
Court upholds 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's conviction, forfeiture
Japan 'underdeveloped' in use of AI technology, says SoftBank's Masayoshi Son
Japan and U.S. negotiating teams working hard on bilateral trade deal, senior official says
Japanese apparel-maker Matsuoka to build new plant in Vietnam
Japan logs goods trade deficit of ¥888.8 billion in first half of 2019
Trump vs. Democrats: 'Racist' and 'socialist' lines drawn for 2020
With tweets and a vote, President Donald Trump and House Democrats established the sharp and emotionally raw contours of the 2020 election campaigns. In the process, they have created a fraught political frame: "racists" vs. "socialists." Trump's aggressive condemnation of women of color in Congress has ...
Morocco court condemns Islamic State-linked trio to death for killing Scandinavian hikers
Financier Jeffrey Epstein to remain jailed until sex trafficking trial
Scientists' 'terrible' idea calls for snow cannons to pump ice in bid to save Antarctic ice shelf
After #MeToo, U.S. women seen reporting less workplace harassment
It's not how you play: Study finds winners overlook rigged games' lack of fairness
No-deal Brexit looms as race for new British prime minister wraps up
Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green, first black player on Boston Red Sox, dies at age 85
Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah "Pumpsie" Green, the first black player on the last major league team to field one, has died. He was 85. The Red Sox said Green, who lived in California most of his life, died Wednesday at in a hospital ...
Zoilo Almonte ignites red-hot Dragons in triumph over BayStars
England's Trevor Bayliss to coach Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League
Japan coach Julio Lamas outlines team's goals for FIBA Basketball World Cup
Former Olympiacos assistant Christos Marmarinos named Storks bench boss
The inclusivity of quidditch produces pure magic on the field
The players kneel at the ready, six to a side, staring down their opponents from across a verdant field. At the center line are four balls — three slightly deflated dodgeballs known as "bludgers" and a volleyball referred to as a "quaffle." Behind each mixed-gender team ...
Leaving Happy Road: The House by the Cemetery
The man behind some of Japan's most stylish denim has one main rule: fabric first
Tokyo is big, Kyoto is polite, but Osaka's for the Scots
H.C. Andersen Park: Once upon a time, in a land not so far away
Take the kids on a fairy-tale trip to H.C. Andersen Park in Chiba Prefecture, where Denmark's most celebrated writer lives on in playgrounds, workshops and recreations of Danish village life.
Japanese city struggles as its World Heritage sheen fades
Small changes for big differences
Hive of activity: Tapping into the buzz of backyard beekeeping in Japan
Kitri: Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Monami Kida can't remember the last time she had an argument with Hinano, her younger sister and partner in the classical-meets-pop project Kitri. "It might have been a disagreement regarding the order of the songs we would play live," Monami, better known as Mona, says. ...
Japan jumps into the music stream
'Tokyo Ghoul "S"': A college, a cafe and a cannibal
'Under Your Bed': Sleeping with the enemy
As a civilization, we must begin to grapple with the legal and ethical dimensions of direct interfaces between humans' brains and computers.
Even though there's an election this Sunday, politicians aren't engaging in active discussions on ways to address Japan's demographic woes.
Shinzo Abe's instincts in setting the politcal agenda and deciding the timing of elections have kept him in good stead.
For Japanese and South Koreans, this anniversary ought to present a reminder that back-and-forth erosion of trust is in neither of their self-interests.
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