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A leading Liberal Democratic Party official on Tuesday called people opting not to have children "selfish," in the latest controversial remark from a politician of the ruling party urging people to have babies. "During and after the war when (people) were living on the edge ...
A 21-year-old suspect killed a policeman in the city of Toyama on Tuesday after stabbing the officer, stealing his gun, shooting him and then fatally gunning down a security guard at a nearby elementary school, police said. Keita Shimazu, a former member of the Self-Defense ...
One of Japan’s largest hotel and resort operators apologized Tuesday after information was stolen off the company’s foreign-language website earlier this month.
Princess Ayako, the third daughter of Princess Hisako and the late Prince Takamado, Emperor Akihito's cousin, will marry a 32-year-old worker at shipping firm NYK Line in October, the Imperial Household Agency announced Tuesday. The future husband of the 27-year-old princess is Kei Moriya, a ...
Tokyo considers making it easier for children to be handed over to parents who have secured custody even if the former spouse defies a court order to let them go.
With the Ogasawara Islands marking the 50th anniversary on Tuesday of their return to Japan following U.S. occupation, a plan to connect the remote, subtropical islands with the Japanese mainland with air services has again come under the spotlight. Residents have long hoped for flight ...
The government’s annual earthquake probability map indicates an increased likelihood of strong quakes occurring within the next 30 years across a wide area of the Pacific coast.
Japan is preparing measures to prevent heat-related health problems at the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, such as improved temperature forecasts and cooler roads paved with heat-resistant materials. Government agencies reported the measures during a meeting on June 7. Battling the heat ...
The beating of a 4-year-old boy last Christmas Eve went on through the night. Covered with bruises and having suffered catastrophic internal bleeding, he was pronounced dead at an Osaka hospital. Soon after, his mother and her two boyfriends were arrested. While the news of ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that he will not put a timeline on negotiations with North Korea to rid it of its nuclear weapons, an apparent reversal of earlier remarks that the White House would seek "major disarmament" by Pyongyang by ...
Does working for Donald Trump mean you cannot enjoy a night out in Washington? In the past week, several of his top aides have been targeted by protesters while dining, and his spokeswoman Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in central Virginia over ...
Citizens are being needlessly left exposed to infectious diseases.
Action must be taken now to ensure the supply of nursing care workers meets the rapidly rising demand.
The Bank of Japan's ambitious inflation target increasingly appears unachievable.
Since the referendum, the U.K.'s influence on world affairs has greatly diminished.
U.S. elites have spent decades creating the conditions for a figure like Trump to emerge.
Trump's blunt trade policies will have painful side effects for U.S. manufacturers and their operations at home.
It's a sure bet that when Wednesday Campanella plays a festival lineup, frontwoman Kom_I will steal the show. She's brave, never hesitant to jump into a crowd and rap face-to-face with her fans. That allows the trio's other members, trackmaker Kenmochi Hidefumi and the media-shy ...
Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) is inarguably the definitive artist in creating pictorial and organizational frameworks inaugurating and furthering modern nihonga (Japanese painting.
Japan is expecting an all-out effort from a Poland side with nothing but pride on the line in its final World Cup group match, forward Shinji Okazaki said Tuesday. Coming into the tournament eighth in the FIFA rankings, many pundits picked Poland to finish top ...
The 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo will not only be a significant event for Olympic-caliber athletes in Japan, but it will also provide an opportunity to motivate Paralympic sport athletes. But often financial situations prevent disabled people from participating in sports and trying to become ...
Kris Johnson was rescued by Ryuhei Matsuyama's grand slam and other slugging teammates on Tuesday as the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp pounded the second-place Yomiuri Giants 14-5. Hiroshima batters overcame an early four-run deficit at Mazda Stadium to back Johnson, who allowed four earned runs ...
Nippon Professional Baseball announced Tuesday that it will not grant the Orix Buffaloes' request to replay Friday's game against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks after umpires admitted mistakenly ruling a foul ball as a decisive two-run home run. Orix had requested the game be restarted from ...
Kenta Maeda pitched seven scoreless innings, Enrique Hernandez homered again and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Monday night. Maeda (5-4) struck out nine and allowed just three singles, helping the Dodgers improve to 16-5 in June. They returned to Los ...
Yu Darvish, who has been on the disabled list due to right triceps tendinitis, threw five strong innings in a minor league rehabilitation start on Monday. Facing the West Michigan Whitecaps, Darvish allowed one run and three hits while striking out five for the Class ...
Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani scored a goal each and Uruguay went on to defeat Russia 3-0 on Monday, finishing undefeated in group play and handing the host nation its first loss of the World Cup. Both teams were already assured of spots in the ...
Third time was the charm for James Harden. The Houston Rockets star was voted the NBA's Most Valuable Player after twice being runner-up, beating out four-time winner LeBron James and Anthony Davis of the Pelicans at the NBA Awards on Monday night. Harden joined Michael Jordan ...
