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January 28, 2020 at 8:01 pm

Japanese evacuation flight brings back workers from Wuhan VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — The first group of Japanese evacuees from a virus-hit Chinese city arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday, a dozen of them with cough...

November 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm

Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral’ VIEW

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Sunday to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring the use...

Residents Kazuo Saito, right, and Sumiko Saito clean up their home Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Kawagoe City, Japan. Typhoon Hagibis dropped record amounts of rain for a period in some spots, according to meteorological officials, causing more than 20 rivers to overflow. Some of the muddy waters in streets, fields and residential areas have subsided. But many places remained flooded, with homes and surrounding roads covered in mud and littered with broken wooden pieces and debris. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TKKS101 TKKS101

October 14, 2019 at 2:06 am

Japan storm victims felt worst had passed, then floods came VIEW

KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — After the worst of Typhoon Hagibis passed over this town north of Tokyo, Kazuo Saito made sure there was no water...

August 22, 2019 at 8:20 pm

Japan leader says S. Korea ending intel deal damages trust

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said South Korea's decision to cancel a deal to share military intelligence, mainly on North Korea, is...

July 20, 2019 at 6:43 pm

Abe’s coalition still short of votes to change constitution VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan's upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, but it lost ground...

July 18, 2019 at 10:05 pm

A different era: Oda wins Japan’s first Olympic gold in 1928 VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — Few paid much attention when Mikio Oda won Japan's first Olympic gold medal — and Asia's first individual gold medal — way...

FILE – In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo, Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris. Japanâ€™s Emperor Akihito, abdicating Tuesday, April 30, 2019, has a relatively small family, and it will shrink in coming years. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File) TKMY402 TKMY402

April 28, 2019 at 7:56 pm

Naruhito’s ascension will shrink Japan’s imperial heirs to 2 VIEW

Crown Prince Naruhito, 59, will ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday as his father, Akihito, abdicates. In the next generation, only one of Emperor Akihito's...

Nation & World

April 24, 2019 at 8:03 pm

Japan’s new emperor Naruhito: A cosmopolitan team player VIEW

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's soon-to-be-anointed new emperor is a musician and historian, both mild-mannered and quietly tenacious, a team player and a loyal husband and...

February 20, 2019 at 2:05 am

Nissan ex-boss Ghosn’s new lawyer questions handling of case

TOKYO (AP) — The newly appointed star defender for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday that he believes the case against his client does...

Business

February 19, 2019 at 12:13 am

Honda to shut plant in Brexit-shaken Britain VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Japanese carmaker Honda plans to close its car factory in western England in 2021, a fresh blow to the British economy as...

Business