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Podolski Arrives With Promise To Boost Japan Game
German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski Thursday vowed to bolster enthusiasm for Japanese football after arriving to...
Japan Carrier Forces Wheelchair-Bound Man To Crawl Onto Plane
A Japanese budget airline apologised Wednesday for forcing a wheelchair-bound man to crawl up a set of stairs to board...
Luxury On the Rails In Train-Mad Japan
Japan's latest super-deluxe train left the station Saturday with a select group of passengers who paid thousands of...
Chaos As Pigs Escape On Japanese Highway
A group of 19 plucky pigs caused a five-kilometre (three mile) traffic jam on a Japanese motorway after making a bold...
Japan Radical Nabbed In Cop Killing After Four-Decade Hunt
A Japanese leftist radical has been arrested and charged in the killing of a police officer after more than four...
Anger, Confusion As Japan Revives Militaristic Edict
Japan's century-old imperial proclamation urging people to be willing to die for the emperor was consigned to history...
Roland Founder, Grammy Winner Ikutaro Kakehashi Dies
Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Japanese electronic musical instrument maker Roland which defined much of the sound of...
Innovative Fabrics Bark Up Tokyo Fashion Tree
Wood fashioned into lace and sculpted into evening dresses: the Hanae Mori Manuscrit label led the way this Tokyo...
Lady Gaga’s Japanese Designers Make Tokyo Debut
They've dressed Lady Gaga and now they want to dress more fashionistas in Asia: the husband-and-wife team behind...
Wastewater Key To Solving Global Water Crisis
Recycling the world's wastewater, almost all of which goes untreated, would ease global water shortages while...
Support For Japan’s Abe Falls Over Scandals
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approval rating has fallen sharply, an opinion poll showed Monday, as scandals...
Japan PM Denies Involvement In Sweetheart Land Deal
Rare scandal was swirling around Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as he was forced to deny involvement in a...
The Banned, Deadly Nerve Agent That Killed Kim
As Malaysian toxicologists reveal that the banned nerve agent VX was used in the airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam,...
6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Japan
A tsunami advisory is in effect for Japan's Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck...
FIFA Club World Cup Trophy On Tour In China
The FIFA Club World Cup trophy is touring China to promote the tournament, which will be held in Yokohama and Osaka,...