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The central government is likely to stipulate for the first time in law that the Ainu are an "indigenous people" of Japan, according to sources. Using the phrase "indigenous people" in a law would be an additional step by the government to clarify its stance ...
Over 80 percent of job-hunting university students had secured at least one informal job offer for next spring as of Aug. 1, according to a private survey. The share of such students increased 4.9 percentage points from a year before to 84.2 percent amid the ...
Foreign nationals accounted for about 30 percent of patients who received unauthorized therapies based on blood from umbilical cords and placenta sold by a dealer now under arrest.
Former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, who served 14 terms in the Lower House, died Monday morning at the age of 82.
At least 14 people died and three others were reported missing nationwide from Sunday through Monday as water-related accidents took their toll on recreational swimmers in the last days of summer vacation. Sunday was the last day before schools reopened, and many people, young and ...
A Chinese man living in Tokyo admitted Monday to dumping his wife's body in a canal but denied he had intended to kill her. As his trial opened in the Tokyo District Court, Zhou Shichao, 38, pleaded guilty to abandoning the body of his wife, ...
In a tight race Sunday, former businessman and trade bureaucrat Kazuhiko Oigawa won the Ibaraki gubernatorial election, giving a lift to the struggling Liberal Democratic Party and denying Gov. Masaru Hashimoto a record seventh consecutive term. The challenge from the political newcomer came as Prime ...
A motorized glider crashed in a mountainous part of Fukushima Prefecture on Sunday, killing one of the two people on board, the police said Monday. The deceased has been identified as Tokyo resident Masaki Takagi, 66. The other occupant was rescued. The two-seat glider departed from ...
A Kobe Municipal Assembly member recently in the spotlight for his reported affair with Eriko Imai says he will resign following allegations he falsified expense claims.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday he holds out hope for talks with nuclear-armed North Korea despite its "provocative act" Saturday of firing three short-range missiles. "We are going to continue our peaceful pressure campaign as I have described that working with allies, ...
Japan's elementary and junior high school students have strong basic academic skills but struggle to solve complex questions, according to this year's nationwide achievement test results, which were released Monday by the education ministry. Since its launch in 2007, the test has been drawing attention ...
The economy has been recovering moderately, the government said Monday in retaining its assessment for the third straight month in August. Buoyed by the effects of an extra budget for fiscal 2016, the government upgraded its evaluation of public investment, which is now viewed as ...
The self-imposed exile of another popular Thai leader means the junta won't need to deal with a high-profile prisoner. Yet another question remains: Can Thaksin Shinawatra's family finally be beaten at the polls? Thaksin and his allies have won every election dating back to 2001, ...
The chief negotiators from the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries began three-day talks in Sydney on Monday to move forward implementation of the regional free trade pact following the United States' withdrawal from the deal earlier this year. The negotiators will be discussing whether to ...
A man in his 30s was arrested early Monday on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly slashing two policemen with a knife in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the local police said. The man allegedly attacked the two officers, 40 and 35, at around 9:40 p.m. Sunday ...
Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya to research ways to turn them into fuel. The Nippon Disposable ...
The U.S. Navy said Monday that it had recovered the remains of all 10 sailors missing from the collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore last week. The U.S. Navy's Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture-based 7th Fleet said in a statement ...
Flood damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey may equal that from 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, an insurance research group said Sunday. As heavy rain pounded Houston and coastal counties in Texas, the Insurance Information Institute said it ...
President Donald Trump's administration is considering reducing visas for U.S. cultural and work exchange programs, including au pairs and summer workers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Trump, a former New York real estate magnate who has relied on seasonal workers at his hotels ...
Security workers at Barcelona's El Prat airport have called for another round of strikes starting on Sept. 8 to demand better working conditions and more staff. Employees of airport security company Eulen have held a series of short stoppages since early August, resulting in waiting ...
For more than a century, locals in the small Maltese town of St. Julian's have celebrated their patron saint by running up a steeply angled log, smeared with lard, protruding over the sea. The goal is to grab increasingly difficult-to-reach flags. The unconventional form of worship ...
The U.S. must get to the bottom of what lies behind the recent series of accidents involving its navy and address whatever problems exposed in the probe.
Unless the current structure is fixed, there will be no hope of medical science becoming a core of the government's growth strategy.
U.S. President Donald Trump still has an opportunity to cut taxes, improve U.S. infrastructure, and replace or amend the Affordable Care Act — but he must first learn how to cooperate with Congress.
North Korea is experiencing its most severe drought since 2001, and it could trigger major flooding and famine.
The kanji 何 has two slightly different readings, and these seem to make it mean substantially different things.
Learn the differences of 'shikashi,' 'demo,' 'dakedo' and 'tokoroga.'
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is considering setting up a data center to analyze the genomes of dementia patients.
The fashion industry in Japan has begun offering people the option of renting clothes instead of buying them.
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda is hoping he gets the chance to produce more heroics against Australia when the Samurai Blue take on the Socceroos in Thursday's crucial World Cup qualifier at Saitama Stadium. The 31-year-old Honda secured Japan's berth at the 2014 World Cup finals ...
Japan's former badminton world champion Emiko Ueno, who won the crown in women's doubles 40 years ago, praised Nozomi Okuhara on Monday for winning their country's second world title overnight in Scotland. Ueno, 59, said the 22-year-old Okuhara, who defeated Rio de Janeiro Olympic silver ...
For a man from the Mitten State, practicing in hot, sticky humid weather in the middle of August in central Japan might be a little daunting. Nonetheless, former University of Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner is in high spirits as he prepares for his second year ...
Kimiko Date called time on her tennis career at the age of 46 on Monday, saying she was no longer able to perform at the best of her abilities due to physical issues and had decided to listen to the "inner voice" telling her ...
It might be strange to some to see Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez remaining so grounded. The same Ramirez who played with emotion, who performed special dances after his home runs (sometimes with team mascots), is calm, cool and collected as his BayStars work ...
Hoping his recent knee trouble is a thing of the past, yokozuna Hakuho will be gunning for his third straight championship when the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament opens on Sept. 10 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. For the second straight meet, the 32-year-old Mongolian was named king ...
Liverpool delivered a clear statement of its attacking potency by crushing Arsenal 4-0 at Anfield on Sunday as Tottenham Hotspur's Wembley worries continued in a 1-1 draw with Burnley. Champion Chelsea picked up a second successive victory with a 2-0 win over Everton and unbeaten ...
