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Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his ...

Shun Sasaki, 12, is a sixth-grade student at Hiroshima municipal Gion Elementary School. He and one other child will read ...

Compared with other developed countries, Japan often gets a bad reputation for crimes related to sexual harassment including ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said Monday that he will aim for some kind of trade agreement with the ...

Diverse popular opinion at times offers a certain direction through the lens of an election. In the latest House of ...

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The opposition party Sanseito made a strong showing in the July 20 House of Councillors election in both constituency and ...