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NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press will have thousands of people on hand next week to count vot...

WAKAYAMA — A large group of sumo wrestlers recently visited Wakayama City for an event called the...

Russia's top diplomat on Friday met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyon...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Whether scenic or slightly sinister — angry werewolf, anyone? — the designs ...

Due to heavy rain, services on the Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed railway have been suspended betwe...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for th...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A ride-hailing driver recounted Friday how he had narrow escape when a huge...

NEW YORK (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los An...

KYOTO — On a late September day, after the burning heat of summer had subsided, as evening approa...

Japan’s foreign policy faces trying times. Amid an increasingly uncertain international situation...

Tougher penalties will be levied against anyone who uses a mobile phone while riding a bicycle un...

Shimizu Corp., the main contractor for the restoration of Shuri Castle in Naha, has begun offerin...

NAGOYA — Station Ai, one of the world’s largest start-up support centers, opened in Nagoya on Thu...

Satoshi Sugita, a former presenter on NHK’s business English educational radio program, will give...

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the Peo...