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The Yomiuri Giants, the oldest existing team in Japanese professional baseball, marked 90th anniv...

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that cla...

BEIJING – Wednesday’s talks between Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart Wa...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's main opposition party submitted a motion on Thursday to i...

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SHIOGAMA, Miyagi (Jiji Press) — Efforts are spreading in Miyagi Prefecture to bring back seagrass...

Tanigawadake Ropeway, which is often used by hikers and skiers visiting Mt. Tanigawa located on t...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in int...

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PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Most of what we know about humans living to very old age is based on faulty da...