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Sometimes Japanese portion sizes are small... and sometimes they look like this.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday told Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja that Japan intends to take preventive steps with the United S

Japanese subway company adds a new soundscape to Godzilla's Tokyo home.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two cars collided near the Japanese Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon, injuring four people, none of them seri

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, appears on course to overtake Sweden's H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB as the

Suppliers blame premium handsets' price hike for weaker consumer uptake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Farm minister Kazuo Yana came under renewed pressure Friday amid further reporting on his conduct including claims he used coarse lan

We take a trip on the world's first conveyor belt sushi bus...and it's like nothing we've ever seen before.

What isn’t in a name?

A Japanese government survey found that the number of young people with no romantic experience is continuing to climb.

Government to base plan on population trends, Takaichi says

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Friday slammed Russia's request that the Netherlands extradite the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese na

KITAAKITA, Akita -- A nonprofit group has started spraying a bear repellent by drone in this northeastern Japan city as part of a demonstration experi

Future generations must learn to think for themselves

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping and entertainment companies are launching new cruise ships with shorter, lower-cost itineraries, aiming to at

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling for the deletion of World War II

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. will launch a new digital payment service called

The Mainichi Shimbun has found that road budgets rose in municipalities in Japanese farm minister Kazuo Yana's district, Tochigi No. 3, whose leaders

ALT: Willy Wonka's Condescending Look

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New walk-through gates are designed to speed up the flow of passengers, but there's something tripping them up.

Does Japan REALLY welcome its new robot overlords? A deep dive into what Japan currently thinks about AI usage.

FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto -- A survey by a Fukuchiyama nonprofit and a local university lab found 90% of local companies employing foreign workers cite labor

HITACHIOMIYA, Ibaraki -- The Hitachinokuni Long Trail, which takes hikers through forests and mountain village landscapes across six municipalities in

Alaska Airlines upgrades cabins as stock market gains increase customer buying power

Why the future of artificial intelligence is collective, resilient, and being built in Japan

Japanese motor maker faces pressure to remove those who have made false statements

Just as the government is adding Japanese-language requirements to certain visas, the twice-yearly JLPTs are getting seriously crowded.

Pair of thieves broke into house in Tokyo one day after arriving in Japan.

Japan is implementing a series of reforms to the systems governing residence status, extensions of stay, and permanent residency. Viewed together, these changes offer a window into the government’s sh...

Higher oil prices accelerate shift to EVs as consumers eye lower operating costs

As free time and career stability take priority, over 35% of unmarried young Japanese report no desire to marry, with younger women citing the unequal burden of housework and childcare as a particular...

TOKYO -- Japan revised its guidelines on permanent residence permits for foreigners on Oct. 1, raising standards such as the annual income required fo

Japan tech group will expand Philippine plant, raise per-unit storage capacity

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 80.4 percent of Japanese respondents support preserving the practice of writing by hand, although about a third said they

TOKYO -- With the J.League shifting this season to an autumn-spring calendar that overlaps with Europe's major soccer leagues, overseas transfers are

Almost every country is sending more travelers to Osaka these days, with one very big exception.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Central Tokyo's record-breaking streak of rainy days ended Saturday after 37 days of showers, according to the weather agency.

東京都心では、2日も雨がぱらつき、統計史上最長の37日連続の雨となりました。記録的な長雨です。2日の関東は湿った東風の影響で雲が多く、東京都心では午前7時前から時折、弱い雨が降りました。

東京都心は今日も降水を観測し、これで8月27日から続く連続の降水観測は31日となりました。明日および週明けも降水の観測があれば、2019年の記録に並び、過去最長となります。