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Women's shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu, who holds a seventh-dan ranking in the game, has been appointed as the new president of ...

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Members of a family who run a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant in western Japan were arrested Monday for ignoring an ...

Arabic coffee enjoyed in many Arab countries has flavors distinct from typical coffee consumed in Japan, and one Syrian-born ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba embarked on a four-day trip to Canada on Sunday to attend the first in-person summit o ...

Answer: Yes, it will be the successor to the "Fugaku" supercomputer run by Riken, Japan's national research and development ...

Shohei Ohtani could return to a major league mound in the next two weeks but Los Angeles Dodgers rookie right-hander Roki ...

The Bank of Japan could consider slowing the pace of its reduction of government bond purchases from next April under the ...