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First Japanese To Report Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dies At 86
Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic...
Princess Mako To Lose Japan Royal Status By Marrying Commoner
A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The...
Japan Princess’s Betrothal Highlights Male Royal Succession Woes
Emperor Akihito's granddaughter's upcoming engagement to her college sweetheart, a commoner, will cost the princess her...
Japan’s ‘peace Constitution’ Under Pressure At 70
Japan's American-written "peace constitution" has survived unchanged for 70 years, but nationalists seeking an overhaul...
Japan Disaster Minister To Resign Over Quake Gaffe
Japan's disaster reconstruction minister is expected to resign on Wednesday following his controversial remarks over...
N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack
North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack
North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
Japan Thanks Retiring Figure Skater Asada
Japan on Tuesday expressed national thanks to former world champion figure skater Mao Asada, a day after she shocked...
Sweet-Toothed Japan Thief Nabbed After Ice Cream Binge
A hapless Japanese thief has got himself into a sticky spot with police after being arrested for breaking into offices...
Japan Court Rules Government Liable For Fukushima Disaster
A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima...
Nine Dead In Japan Helicopter Crash
All nine people aboard a helicopter that crashed during a mountain rescue drill in Japan over the weekend were killed,...
Helicopter With Nine Aboard Crashes In Japan
A helicopter conducting a mountain rescue exercise crashed with nine local officials aboard in Japan on Sunday and at...
Newly Crowned Takanashi Hails Olympic Ski Jumping Boost
Japanese ski jumping sensation Sara Takanashi said her record-equalling victory in Pyeongchang could give her an edge...
Murakami Fans To Pack Stores At Midnight For New Novel
Die-hard fans of Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author perennially pegged as a contender for the Nobel literature prize,...
Cult Japanese Film Director Seijun Suzuki Dead At 93
Japanese B-movie director, Seijun Suzuki, whose prolific output from gangster films to fantasies influenced...
First Woman To Conquer Everest Dies Aged 77
Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama (North of Tokyo, Japan) The first woman to conquer...