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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has a penchant for a certain Japanese dish, and the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida knows just the place to treat him to it -- even if it means going against established practice.

A record 3.997 billion yen in found cash was handed in to the Tokyo police last year, the highest amount since records began in 1940, the Metropolitan Police Department has said.

The Emperor and Empress wore masks while attending two events at the Imperial Palace on Monday, the same day government guidelines for wearing masks were relaxed.

The Justice Ministry's Public Security Examination Commission has taken regulatory action against Aleph, a group linked to the Aum Supreme Truth cult, over its asset reporting.

Chiba Lotte Marines ace Roki Sasaki got the start in Samurai Japan's third game in pool play at the World Baseball Classic on Saturday, working into the fourth inning and holding the Czech Republic to one run while racking up eight strikeouts to earn the win in a 10-2 victory.

WASHINGTON -- Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) returned to Earth on Saturday with three crewmates from the International Space Station (ISS).

Superstar Shohei Ohtani launched a massive three-run homer in the first inning, as Japan cruised to a 7-1 victory over Australia in the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on Sunday.

Mask-wearing guidelines from the government to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus were eased on Monday.

Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at the age of 88 on March 3. The standard-bearer of the postwar democratic generation, who examined the contours of modern life, passed of old age.

Patients who are treated for COVID-19 will have to pay for their outpatient medical treatment from May 8 because the government's special financing for the treatment will end when the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Law will be downgraded from the current level of "equivalent to Category II"…

Twelve years on from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, reconstruction efforts are being frustrated as the population in many disaster-stricken areas has not recovered.