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Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's new "V Point" reward point program stumbled on the very day it was launched, due to a ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Some 90 Japanese lawmakers Tuesday visited together war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during ...

The Japanese government said in a report Monday that it will scrap 15 state fund-backed projects over the two years through ...

Los Angeles, April 21 (Jiji Press)--Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted the 176th home run in his Major League Baseball career Sunday, rewriting the record for a Japanese-born player.

Gamba Osaka attacker Isa Sakamoto netted for the second week in a row to clinch his side a 1-0 win away to traditional rivals Urawa Reds on Saturday. The 20-year-old Gamba academy product sealed ...

Japan's NanoTerasu next-generation synchrotron radiation facility went into operation at a Tohoku University campus in Sendai ...

A major Japanese hygiene products maker began selling the world's first "horizontally" recycled disposable diapers Saturday at shopping centers in the southwest of the country. The diapers ...

Corrosion has been found on the inside of tanks used to store treated radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operator has revealed. Tokyo Electric Power ...

Paris, April 20 (Jiji Press)--The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Friday unveiled the official poster for this year's event, featuring a scene from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's ...

Koki Kitayama allowed four hits over the distance for his first career shutout, pitching the Nippon Ham Fighters past the Lotte Marines 2-0 Saturday. Kitayama (2-0) struck out seven, walked one ...

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)--A collision warning system apparently was not working in Saturday's crash of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in the Pacific, Defense Ministry officials ...