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ATAMI, Shizuoka -- Works by 12 living national treasures are back in Japan from a temporary showing overseas for a special exhibition at the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. The exhibition "Homo Faber, 12 Stone Garden: Fukasawa Naoto and 12 Living National Treasures" opened at the museum…

The operator of e-commerce clothing retailer Zozotown is to open a brick-and-mortar store in Tokyo.

HIROSHIMA -- The familiar view of the iconic vermilion Otorii gate at Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, has returned after about three years as a major renovation nears completion.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has set several goals to bolster Japan's deterrence capability. One of these goals is to increase the defense budget over the next five years to match the North Atlantic Treaty Organization target of 2% of gross domestic product. Historically, Japan has limited its defense spending to…

The Japanese government has approached the United States about purchasing Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of efforts to strengthen the nation's defense capabilities, according to government sources.

The Kyoto prefectural police on Friday arrested Yukio Tanaka, a member of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate who is currently in prison, on suspicion of fatally shooting the 72-year-old president of a gyoza restaurant chain in 2013.

Recently retired speed skating star Nao Kodaira will begin the post-competition stage of her life as a specially appointed professor at her alma mater of Shinshu University, she announced Thursday at a press conference in Tokyo.

YOKOHAMA -- The Chinese New Year Lanterns Festival, an event that extravagantly illuminates Yokohama's Chinatown with Chinese lanterns, will begin on Tuesday. Under the theme of "an eager welcome," the entire Chinatown area will be lit up to celebrate the Chinese New Year from Tuesday to February.

As the pediatrician removed the needle from the 4-year-old boy's arm, he gently praised the child as he sat on his mother's lap.

The government is planning to develop an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of exploring the seabed at depths of up to 7,000 meters, it has been learned.

Workers will soon be able to get their salaries paid directly into digital wallet apps without the funds going through banks, following a government decision to lift a ban on e-money salary payments.