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A man who ran an online porn DVD store was arrested Monday on suspicion of coercing an 18-year-old woman in Osaka to perform in a porn video after enticing her with an offer to be cast as a cosplay model. Shinichi Kanazawa, 48, used similar ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies the education ministry's approval process for a veterinary project was 'distorted' and claims instead that his friend won the project due to 'regulatory reform.'
Pyongyang’s latest missile test lobs a suspected Scud into Japan’s stated exclusive economic zone, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to vow “concrete measures.”
The last of four students indicted over last year’s gang rape in Chiba Prefecture is handed the heaviest sentence in the case: four years in prison.
Representatives of Tokyo Electric on Monday began visiting about 41,000 households around its idled nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture to apologize for withholding vital safety information about a facility there. The utility, which also runs the meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant, is pushing to ...
The organizer of the famous Kishiwada Danjiri Festival in Osaka will remake its poster for this year's event because a yakuza appeared on it. The Kishiwada Police Department said Sunday that a member of Yamaguchi-gumi, the nation's biggest crime syndicate, is in the poster, which ...
Ten Japanese groups engaged in kimono-related activities Monday called on the government to apply to have waso, the technique for dressing in the traditional attire, put on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The Japan Kimono League, an organization aiming to protect kimono culture and promote ...
One day in May, a woman in her 40s was browsing a tablet computer at a municipality-funded matchmaking center, searching for a prospective husband. She was surprised; the computer suggested candidates she wouldn't have otherwise considered. "It recommends people who were under my radar," she ...
The first toilet seat with a built-in warm water shower-spray was released 50 years ago by Ina Seito in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, the predecessor of Lixil Group. Sales were sluggish at first but the electronic toilet has grown in popularity and is now synonymous with ...
On Thursday a former top ministry official dropped a bombshell in a hastily held news conference in Tokyo. Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, alleged that the Cabinet Office distorted administrative processes by citing the intent of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in approving a ...
Bishop Edwin Dela Pena was sipping coffee after dinner in a southern Philippines coastal town last Tuesday when he received a phone call: it was from one of his diocese priests, who sounded panicky and distressed. Father Teresito "Chito" Sugarno, the vicar general of Marawi ...
April Zhang, a 21-year-old student from Shanghai, reflects the fast-shifting attitudes of China's younger generations toward sex. She's confident to talk about a topic once taboo here and is well educated about the risks. Zhang and her young contemporaries- though far from uniform in their ...
With Komeito’s help, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike’s political group is running even with the Liberal Democratic Party ahead of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, a poll says.
Japan's ruling coalition and China's Communist Party will hold consultative talks in Tokyo in early August to discuss ways to improve ties between the two countries, a Japanese party official said Sunday. The parties plan to exchange views on how to increase communication and strengthen ...
Japan and the United States are planning to hold in mid-July the first meeting of their foreign and defense chiefs since U.S. President Donald Trump took office to discuss how to strengthen their response to North Korea's missile development, officials of the two governments ...
U.S. President Donald Trump's comments on his first tour abroad raise questions anew about his administration's commitment to core elements of the Western foreign policy consensus.
A state of barbarism incompatible with modern constitutional principles permeates Japan's politics today.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approach to Russia is looking increasingly risky.
Climate change is uncharted territory, but by balancing our appetite for untested solutions with practices that have worked for generations, we can adapt with confidence.
The Japanese word for 'thing' has some quite surprising qualities.
How do you say, "I'd like to get my hair done like this" in Japanese?
People flock to an event to celebrate the world's tallest broadcasting tower.
A Japanese billionaire bought a Basquiat masterpiece for $110.5 million.
Soon-to-be ozeki Takayasu spoke on Monday of his relief in coming through the crucial Summer Grand Sumo Tournament unhurt and with enough wins to make promotion almost certain, while making clear his sights are now set on an Emperor's Cup title. The Ibaraki-native, whose mother ...
Marunouchi is the district located right next to Tokyo Station where you will see a lot of business people in suits and ties on weekdays. But on this particular day, workers got out from behind their desks and changed into T-shirts, shorts and sneakers to ...
Hiroshima Carp outfielder Seiya Suzuki was "godlike" last season. At least that was the word. "Kamitteru," or godlike, topped the list of buzzwords in Japan last year, winning the 2016 U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (2016 U-Can New Words and Buzzwords Awards). The phrase, which has ...
Former women's world No. 1 golfer Ai Miyazato won nine LPGA Tour titles in her career. Her trademark smile is still beloved by fans, and she is just as polite as always when dealing with the media. What Miyazato lacks is the motivation to keep ...
Keisuke Honda made his final appearance for AC Milan on Sunday, making only his second start of the Serie A season in a 2-1 defeat at Cagliari. Honda, who took to Twitter last week to announce his departure from the San Siro after 3½ years, ...
