Japan

TOKYO The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes…
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TOKYO Japan’s coast guard rescued a survivor floating in a raft Friday hours after finding an unconscious crew member in waters where a ship carrying thousands…
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TOKYO Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that sent a distress signal during rough weather off…
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TOKYO World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945,…
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Tokyo Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga intends to run in the ruling party leadership race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency…
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TOKYO Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters Friday…
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TOKYO Japan has been watching China's recent moves in the South China Sea "with concern," a government spokesman said Thursday, after Beijing was reported to…
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TOKYO Archaeologists have dug up the remains of more than 1,500 people, many of them believed to have died in an epidemic, buried in a 19th century mass grave…
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TOKYO The last day of the Pacific War was also supposed to be Fumie Sato’s last. After hearing Emperor Hirohito’s Aug. 15, 1945, radio broadcast declaring…
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