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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he hopes to see a revised Constitution take effect in 2020, revealing the clearest goal yet of his long-held ambition to amend the national charter.
Fresh satellite images indicate that activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear test site, U.S. analysts said Tuesday, amid fears the reclusive nation may soon conduct its sixth atomic test. In a report by the 38 North website, images of the Punggye-ri nuclear test facility ...
A senior U.S. Defense Department official on Tuesday appears to have given Washington's tacit approval to a Liberal Democratic Party proposal that Japan acquire the ability to launch counterstrikes at enemy bases in self-defense, former Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said. Onodera received the response ...
A man detained in connection to the slaying of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba Prefecture will be served a warrant on Friday charging him with murder, sources say.
Leading parcel delivery provider Yamato Holdings Co. is aiming to hire about 9,200 new workers in the current year through next March to reduce overtime among delivery personnel, company sources said Wednesday. The sharp increase over the previous year will lead to substantially greater personnel ...
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Lunar New Year greetings this year, the first card went to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead even of leaders from China and other allies of the isolated country, according to its official news agency. Some academics who ...
Japan's rapidly aging society is spurring technological innovation, including the use of a tracking system designed to help families and nursing facilities locate people suffering from dementia when they lose their way or go missing. As the country with the most aged population, Japan is ...
Despite all the talk about the swelling ranks of people with dementia in Japan and what to do with them, there has been little discussion so far about housing designs that meet their needs. But a care home recently built by major developer Tokyu Land ...
Mexican security forces on Tuesday arrested accused drug kingpin Damaso Lopez, who was believed to be locked in a bloody struggle for control of the Sinaloa Cartel against the sons of its captured leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The attorney general's office announced that its ...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shocked many of his countrymen on Monday by calling for a constitutional assembly in a move similar to one his predecessor and mentor Hugo Chavez used almost 20 years ago. But there is a key difference: while Chavez enjoyed broad popularity ...
Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine urged South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Tuesday to remove a "comfort woman" statue that has been the source of a diplomatic row, a source close to the matter said. The two met for the first time ...
A car rammed into a hospital Tuesday morning in Oita Prefecture, leaving at least 13 people slightly injured, police said. The police said no fatalities have been reported after the car driven by a woman in her 70s crashed into the hospital's lobby. The woman is ...
The Constitution should not be amended just to fulfill the agendas of politicians or political parties.
Technology has a critical role to play in helping Nepal to overcome past tragedy and to leapfrog from its current state of development.
It is too early for those celebrating the triumph of liberal democracy in France to declare victory.
Ambitious program has helped Japan meet the world, but does it have a role to play today?
As France prepares to go to the polls again, French nationals in Kagurazaka and Asakusa were asked who they were rooting for.
It's a common complaint: "Hollywood doesn't have any new ideas," and it's evident in the reimaginings of everything from "Annie" to "A Nightmare on Elm Street." It's not a new concept, though. Take "Beauty and the Beast," a "tale as old as time" (or in ...
Japan's film and TV industries are populated by hundreds of comedy writers, but few find politics funny, at least in public. One exception is filmmaker Akira Nagai, whose power struggles unfold not in the Diet, but at an elite boys' high school in "Teiichi: ...
If you were led blindfolded into a cinema and unaware of what movie you were seeing, I still think that if it was a Woody Allen film, within 20 minutes you'd know it. The Brooklyn native makes movies that are stamped with his own signature ...
The Tochigi Brex wrapped up the East Division title and snapped a two-game losing streak on Wednesday, holding off the Alvark Tokyo with a 79-76 victory. Ryan Rossiter paced the Brex (45-13) with 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Takatoshi Furukawa poured in 18 ...
Right-hander Yuta Nakamura earned a win in his first career game for the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp, holding the Chunichi Dragons to three runs over five innings in his team's 7-4 come-from-behind win on Wednesday. Nakamura, Hiroshima's fifth-round draft pick in 2013, allowed five hits ...
Former world No. 4 Kimiko Date returned to official competition on Wednesday for the first time in 16 months after recovering from a knee injury, but went out in the first round of the Kangaroo Cup. The 46-year-old veteran, who retired when she was 26 ...
Former Barcelona wunderkind Takefusa Kubo made his top-team debut for FC Tokyo in a 1-0 win over Consadole Sapporo in the Levain Cup on Wednesday, becoming the second-youngest player to appear in J. League's first division competition. At 15 years, 10 months and 30 days, ...
