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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have long understood the need to improve bilateral ties for their own national interests.
Efforts are also moving forward to accept new domestic and international flights at nearby Kobe and Itami airports.
With many dairy farmers in Hokkaido forced to dump thousands of liters of fresh milk following power outages and a scarcity of water triggered by the powerful earthquake on Sept. 6, local communities are trying to overcome the hardship by banding together. "Because a milk ...
Some Japan equity strategists are recommending investors hold off any hunt for bargains until trade tensions cool after the U.S. midterm elections. A possible decline in protectionist rhetoric once congressional elections end in November may allow investors to focus on Japan's strong earnings that have ...
Yoko Moriwaki, who was 13 at the time of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, is known for the diary she kept until the day before the bombing. The diary is now a symbol of the weapon's cruelty. Her brother, Koji Hosokawa, 90, an ...
The post was left vacant by the death last month of Takeshi Onaga, a staunch opponent of the plan to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the prefecture.
Signs of undersea volcanic eruptions were detected at Iwo Jima, the site of one of the bloodiest battles in World War II, meteorological and defense officials said Wednesday. Aerial photos taken by navy aircraft earlier Wednesday showed seawater shooting as high as 10 meters (33 ...
Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture briefly closed one of its two runways early Thursday after what was suspected to be an unexploded shell was found buried nearby, officials said. Local police removed the suspicious object and there were no flight cancellations, as one runway operated ...
Ayumi Miyaura remembers her sadness in seeing young children at a day care center in an Ecuador prison where their mothers were incarcerated. Some of them, she learned, would go on to follow a similar criminal path. When Miyaura, a former pyrotechnician, thought of how ...
Serena Williams was the perpetrator, not the victim, of unprovoked abuse in last Saturday's U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka.
We may soon discover how well we learned the lessons of the Lehman shock.
The Russian leader's offer is a political move aimed at gaining a tactical advantage.
Whatever happened to Domo-kun, the furry brown monster with the jagged maw? When I first got to Japan I used to see him everywhere. Now Chiitan, the masochistic Otter who reps the city of Susaki in Kochi Prefecture, stacks my social media feeds with ...
Nothing sounds quite like the early 1960s more than the vocals of Frankie Valli. As lead singer of The Four Seasons, his falsetto remains an unmistakable part of classic tunes such as "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry," though it's also his remarkable voice, ...
A futuristic museum designed by Tokyo Olympic Stadium architect Kengo Kuma and featuring exterior concrete slabs in a hull shape was unveiled in Scotland on Wednesday. The £80 million (€90 million, $104 million) Victoria & Albert Dundee sits on the banks of the River Tay. The ...
With home runs by Ryuhei Matsuyama and Seiya Suzuki, the Hiroshima Carp defeated the Yokohama BayStars 4-0 on Thursday to move closer to a third straight Central League pennant. Their magic number — their number of wins, losses by the trailing team, or combination of ...
Wayne Gretzky says the NHL should again allow its players to compete in the Winter Olympics because sending the world's top ice hockey players is "always much better for everyone." Speaking to The Associated Press on Thursday, the NHL's all-time leading scorer said he hopes ...
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones aren't the only all-powerful "Men in Black." Long before the two Hollywood stars suited up, sumo's ringside arbiters were deciding the fates of wrestlers both inside the ring and out. The five men seated around the ring are all former ...
Hakuho survived a scare against komusubi Takakeisho on Thursday as all three yokozuna stayed undefeated at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Chasing his first victory over the all-time championship record holder, rising talent Takakeisho (1-4) looked to be on the verge of an upset on ...
Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow to clean out loose debris. Darvish was declared out for the season last month after an MRI revealed a stress reaction in the elbow. He recently visited orthopedic surgeon James Andrews for ...
Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano surrendered a two-run homer to DJ LeMahieu in the bottom of the ninth inning as the National League West-leading Colorado Rockies rallied for a 5-4 victory Wednesday night. Hirano (4-3) came on with the Diamondbacks leading 4-3 in the ...
The capital of Hokkaido had planned to make its final decision on the bid this fall, but made up its mind earlier following damage from the recent earthquake.
Last weekend ushered in the first real phase of preseason action as B. League teams prepare for the circuit's third campaign. The B. League Early Cup was staged as six regional tournaments (Kanto, Kansai, Tohoku, Tokai, Hokushinetsu and Nishinihon, with 36 teams in total registered ...
It was March and Naomi Osaka had just won the biggest match of her life, fulfilling the promise that many pundits had long foreseen. But it wasn't just her brilliant game that had the tennis world abuzz — it was her awkward personality and down-to-earth ...
