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North Korea’s Kim oversees navy cruise missile test
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un directed tests of advanced strategic cruise and anti-ship missiles from a naval destroyer,
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Japan-based airlines report record 429 cases of in-flight smoking in 2025
Japan’s major airlines logged a record 429 onboard smoking incidents across domestic and international flights in 2025, according to the
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Japan: Ex-day-service worker @rrested over s*xual abuse of 5-year-old dis@bled girl
A former day-service worker for disabled children has been arrested for allegedly s*xually ass@ulting and producing child p0rn0graphy of a
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Japan says N Korea weapons buildup increasingly urgent threat
Japan’s defense minister said Friday that North Korea’s accelerating weapons development poses an increasingly urgent threat to national security, following
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Seven & i Holdings to delay listing of U.S. unit to FY2027
Seven & i Holdings Co said Thursday it will postpone the listing of its U.S. 7-Eleven convenience store business unit
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Japanese Man Arrested for Assaulting Stepsons, Wife in Family Dispute
Police in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, arrested 57-year-old Tetsuya Honda, a company employee, for allegedly punching and kicking his wife’s two
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Japan Secures Oil Supplies into 2027 Amid Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Tokyo—Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated Tuesday that Japan has secured alternative oil sources sufficient to last into 2027, countering fears
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2 dead, one missing after scaffolding at site in Kawasaki collapses
A scaffolding collapse at a demolition site in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday left two men dead among the multiple
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3 men arrested over Chiba robbery also charged in Kanagawa case
Three men arrested for a violent January robbery in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, now face charges for a February break-in
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Japan’s PM Takaichi Eyes Iran Talks Amid Middle East Tensions and Oil Crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday she’ll weigh talks with Iranian leaders at an “appropriate” time, guided by national
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