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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, agreed Thursday to maintain "maximum pressure" on North Korea, the day before a landmark inter-Korea summit. Abe and Harris affirmed during their meeting the need for Pyongyang to abandon all of its ...
Plants deserve more credit. They can't move to find food or water, or to escape a predator. But that doesn't mean they are helpless — far from it. They don't have eyes, ears, a nose or mouth, but they can sense the world remarkably ...
Teary-eyed and his voice shaking, pop star Tatsuya Yamaguchi apologized Thursday for kissing and engaging in indecent behavior with a high school-aged girl in a career-crushing scandal leading to his indefinite suspension from show business. "I will spend my days taking a hard look at ...
The Diet affairs chief for the ruling LDP had suggested the idea the previous day, to counter a possible motion of no confidence as the PM’s support rate plummets.
The ruling said that the school, sited up to 1.5 meters above sea level, should have been designated in the city’s hazard map as being vulnerable to tsunami.
The Bank of Japan should drop its 2 percent inflation target and should not further expand its program of massive monetary easing, Internal Affairs Minister Seiko Noda, a long-shot to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in an interview. The "desperate" introduction of all sorts ...
The figure is believed to have been driven up as an increasing number of children are coerced into sending naked photos of themselves to people they met online, police said.
The rare case involving inheritance from a same-sex partner of almost five decades highlights problems faced by such couples upon the deaths of partners under current legal rules.
A SoftBank Group Corp. subsidiary and two other firms have developed a prototype of a two-seat humanoid robot that can transform into a car for use in amusement parks, the companies said Thursday. Invoking the heroes from the "Transformers" movies, the experimental J-deite Ride can ...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd..'s $64 billion bid for London-listed rare-disease specialist Shire PLC bolsters its credentials as Japan's most outward-facing drugs firm, a mold-breaking image that has been more than a decade in the making. Under CEO Christophe Weber and his predecessor, Yasuchika Hasegawa, Takeda ...
More than half of Japanese oppose any constitutional revisions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — though a majority do see a need for some changes in the future, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday. Revising the Constitution has been a long-held goal of the conservative ...
Tokyo may not be able to directly influence the peace process, but it can still make its voice count.
It is up to Japan, working with allies and partners, to make it clear to decision-makers in Beijing that military force for anything but defense is a mistake.
These talks are a positive step, and make imminent war much less likely. If they unravel, however — which remains entirely possible — the result may be catastrophic.
The culinary thread running from Greenland to Copenhagen and thence to Hokkaido and the rest of Japan may not be immediately obvious. But those are some of the key points on the line of inspiration behind a new restaurant that will open in Tokyo ...
It has been nearly two years since Japan revised an archaic law banning late-night dancing, but don't expect any celebrations to mark the occasion. Over the past few months, the Metropolitan Police Department has quietly renewed its campaign against unauthorized boogying, because Lord knows ...
Guinness World Records announced in 2012 that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was the most portrayed character on film and TV, depicted 254 times by more than 75 different actors. While familiar with the original, Japanese audiences also know the detective via an anime ...
The legendary Iranian-born photographer Abbas, who covered wars and revolutions across the world during a glittering career behind the lens, died Wednesday in Paris, his Magnum photo agency said. Abbas, who was 74, joined Magnum in 1981 and covered conflicts and unrest in Bangladesh, Vietnam, ...
Shuta Ishikawa held Japan's most potent offense to one run over eight innings in the SoftBank Hawks' 4-1 win over the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions on Thursday. Having scored nine or more runs in their five previous games, all wins, the Hawks turned the starting ...
Real Madrid substitute Marco Asensio scored a second-half winner on Wednesday to end Bayern Munich's unbeaten record at home this season and give his side a 2-1 win in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal. Joshua Kimmich had put the home side in ...
The attorney for the ex-girlfriend of Reuben Foster said Wednesday that her client initially lied to authorities when she accused the San Francisco 49ers linebacker of hitting her leading to domestic violence charges. Attorney Stephanie Rickard issued a statement on behalf of Elissa Ennis that ...
For anyone unable to see him out there: Didi Gregorius had another huge night. Make that Tyler Austin, too. Gregorius homered for the fourth straight game and added two RBIs to his major league-leading total, going 3-for-3 with two walks to send the New York Yankees ...
The determined, cohesive Ibaraki Robots have entered the second-division playoff picture with a spectacular run in recent weeks. The Robots are riding a 13-game winning streak, a brilliant stretch that began on March 17 against the Aomori Wat's (two victories) and continued in succession with ...
Kashiwa Reysol beat Urawa Reds 1-0 in the J. League on Wednesday night, denying the visitors a victory in their first match under new head coach Oswaldo Oliveira. Hiroto Nakagawa struck the winner for the home side in the 72nd minute, with his goal exposing ...
