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“Whole,” a 2019 Japanese film directed by Bilal Kawazoe, has a scene in a ramen shop where a rude Japanese patron keeps pestering a fellow customer, a young biracial man, with questions.

OSAKA -- The attorney for a man who was wrongfully arrested twice and detained for 42 days over a revenge porn case disclosed to the press on July 11

Tokyo has embarked on a multi-million dollar campaign to convince people it’s safe to release radioactive water.

Discovered in 1922 at Iwanohara Vineyard, the Muscat Bailey A grape may be one of Japan's great contributions to global wine.

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U.S. officials have apparently concluded that the cause of toxic chemicals found in wastewater from its naval base in the eastern Japan city of Yokosu

Corporate bankruptcies rose in Japan in the first half of this year as some businesses struggled to pay back COVID relief loans. The number of firms going bust exceeded 4,000 for the first time in five years.

A man in his 70s died after he was apparently pushed off a bridge in Osaka on Monday morning. According to police, the incident occurred at around 1:05 a.m. on Mikunibashi bridge which spans the Kanzaki River in Yodogawa Ward. Kyodo News reported that police received a call from a pedestrian…

However, when inflation is taken into account people's buying power continued to fall in real terms.

Police in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, said Sunday they have arrested a 68-year-old man on suspicion of stealing a taxi. According to police, the incident occurred at around 10:45 p.m. Saturday. Local media reported that the man got into the taxi and during the journey, started hitting the driver on the…

French President Emmanuel Macron has informed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of his opposition to plans to set up a liaison office in Japan.

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A year after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8, the man accused of the shooting has been spending the majority of his time reading history and philosophy books while awaiting the scheduling for his trial, according to his lawyers.

July 8 marks one year since former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated, with several controversial issues unresolved, including ties between lawmakers and the Unification Church, and the rules for holding a state funeral.

Sonic the Hedgehog's Yuji Naka is facing a suspended prison sentence and a fine for insider trading..

An eighth-century Japanese temple and UNESCO World Heritage site in Nara Prefecture, Toshodaiji Temple, had a building vandalized by a Canadian teen tourist who carved letters into a wooden pillar, according to local police

Seven people were taken to the hospital after the incident, which occurred at around 3:10 a.m. during work on a multilevel bypass in the city.

SAPPORO -- The decapitated body of a man was found in a hotel room in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on July 2 with his head missing, sparking a murder investiga

Four people have been injured after an explosion rocked a busy district in Central Tokyo. It happened Monday afternoon near Shimbashi station.

A driver’s license is no longer required for motorized kick scooters, although people under the age of 16 will be banned from riding them.

Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, is opening what it calls its “first flagship store” in its 77-year history. The American guitar manufacturer has chosen for its location Tokyo’s Harajuku, a hot spot for Japanese youngsters who love…