Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on April 7 visited Iwoto island, formerly known as Iwojima, for the first time to pay their respects to the war dead. This is the second instance of a Japanese ...

Japan is withdrawing its official development assistance (ODA) for a key railway project in Myanmar that has stood as a symbol of cooperation between the two countries for the past 10 years.

Nikkei 225 is an index which belongs to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) calculates the index daily since 1950. The calculation of Nikkei 225 index began on ...

Argument Over Online Game Led to Fatal Stabbing of 16-Year-Old Girl Says 21-Year-Old Man from Aichi Prefecture ICHINOMIYA, Aichi — A man arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a 16-year-old ...

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