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December 19, 2021 at 7:42 pm

Defectors from North Korea pray for resettlement victims VIEW

Eiko Kawasaki was among some 93,000 ethnic Korean residents of Japan who, along with their family members, went to North Korea decades ago under a...

Nation & World

December 17, 2021 at 11:02 pm

Japan police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire VIEW

Japanese police have searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story...

Nation & World

A firefighter looks out from a window on the fourth floor of an eight-story building following a deadly fire in a major business, shopping and entertainment district in Osaka, western Japan, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. More than 20 people were feared dead after the fire broke out Friday in the building in Osaka, officials said, and police were investigating arson as a possible cause. (Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP) TKHK509 TKHK509

December 16, 2021 at 7:11 pm

Suspected arson in downtown Osaka building leaves 24 dead VIEW

A fire that spread from a fourth-floor mental clinic in an eight-story building in downtown Osaka in western Japan has left 24 dead in what...

Nation & World

August 1, 2021 at 8:31 pm

Olympic volunteers strive to share stories of 3/11 disaster VIEW

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to help showcase northeastern Japan's recovery from a devastating earthquake and tsunami a decade ago

Business

July 27, 2021 at 6:53 pm

Tropical storm dumps rain on northern Japan, spares Olympics VIEW

RIFU, Japan (AP) — A tropical storm dumped rain in parts of northern Japan on Wednesday after moving away from the Tokyo region and relieving...

Nation & World

June 16, 2021 at 11:06 pm

‘Suffocated’: Art becomes form of protest against Olympics VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — Miwako Sakauchi stands in her studio and brushes spinning swirls on torn cardboard and drawing paper, using the five colors designated as...

Entertainment

June 1, 2021 at 3:32 am

Japanese Olympic athletes get shots as general public lags

TOKYO (AP) — Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes on Tuesday, the Japanese Olympic Committee said. The vaccination of healthy athletes comes as only 2-3%...

April 19, 2021 at 9:02 pm

Japanese businessmen brighten makeup industry amid pandemic VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many businesses in Japan to the edge of financial ruin, but Takumi Tezuka, who owns a makeup...

Business

March 2, 2021 at 7:25 pm

Farmers in Fukushima plant indigo to rebuild devastated town VIEW

MINAMISOMA, Japan (AP) — Because of radiation released by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster a decade ago, farmers in nearby Minamisoma weren't allowed to grow...

Nation & World

February 2, 2021 at 4:51 am

Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterate ‘we will hold the games’

TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee had a simple message Tuesday for fellow members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party....