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Japan introduced mandatory pre-arrival tuberculosis screening on Monday for people planning to stay over three months, ...

Q: When was June 23 established as Okinawa Memorial Day?

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s major setback in the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is certain to give ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party suffered a record-low result in Sunday's Tokyo assembly election, ...

The Japanese government on Monday appeared to show some support for U.S. strikes on Iran's key nuclear sites over the weekend ...

Okinawa on Monday vowed to pass on history's lessons in a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of a fierce World ...

Oyachi marsh in the city of Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, is bustling with people trying water shield harvesting. The water ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he is considering canceling his attendance at a NATO summit following U.S.

Australian Minjee Lee won the Women's PGA Championship on Sunday as Japan's Chisato Iwai finished five shots back in fourth a ...

Suitcases rattle against cobblestones. Selfie-snappers jostle for the same shot. Ice cream shops are everywhere. Europe has ...

Hundreds of people protested Sunday against NATO and military spending and against a possible conflict with Iran, two d ...