Some 60% of Japanese people do not read even one book in a given month, the first time that has been true for a majority of ...

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TOKYO -- A "Zombie Shinkansen," which will turn a carriage on a Tokaido Nozomi bullet train into a haunted house, will depart ...

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OSAKA -- "I feel sorry for you not having siblings" "So, you're selfish" "You must have been spoiled": These are phrases that ...

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The striking red domed roof of a former kindergarten here completed in 1922 marks the building out as a rare design for a ...

Japan's new ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, who is certain to become the next prime minister, intends ...

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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) -- The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah was a "measure of justice" for ...

Typhoon Jebi is expected to affect eastern Japan, where Tokyo is located, in the next couple of days as the 17th one of the ...

The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing.