Defending against North Korean missiles
Japan steps up anti-missile defenses in the face of North Korea's advancing military capabilities.日本のミサイル防衛システム北朝鮮が再三にわた...
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Record rains ravage central Japan
Torrential rains cause flooding, blackouts and prompt the evacuation of thousands of people in central Japan.
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Japan's broadened sex crime laws come into effect
Japan's revised sex crime laws come into force Thursday.
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Death toll reaches 30 in Kyushu rains
The death toll from torrential rains in Kyushu, southwest Japan reaches 30, with 19 unaccounted for in Fukuoka Prefectur...
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Panda cub in good health at 1 month
A long-awaited panda cub celebrates its first month of life in good health at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo.
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Pikotaro boosts UN sustainability on behalf of Japan
Popular comic singer Pikotaro helps promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the request of Foreign M...
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Death toll hits 28 a week after record rains
The death toll from torrential rains in Kyushu, southwest Japan, reaches 28 as three bodies are recovered in Asakura, Fu...
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110 isolated residents in Oita reconnected
110 residents isolated by flooding in Hita, southwest Japan are reconnected by road a week after record rains hit the ar...
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M5.3 quake hits Kyushu
A M5.3 earthquake hit Kyushu island, southwest Japan just before noon Tuesday.
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