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Japan warns against 'escalation' on Korean peninsula
The North blew up the roads and railways on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, adding it had conducted a "counter-fire" operation in response.
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Japan's incoming PM Ishiba fills cabinet posts ahead of likely election
That poll, which will decide which party controls parliament's powerful lower house, will come on Oct 27, Kyodo reported.
Japan warship asserts right to sail through Taiwan Strait: media
Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the reports at a regular briefing because they concern military operations.
Back to death row? Retrial verdict due in Japan murder saga
Iwao Hakamada, 88, was jailed under the death penalty for 46 years until he was freed in 2014 pending a retrial.
More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them women
Japan is currently home to the world's oldest living person Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908 and is 116 years old, according to the US-based Gerontology Research Group.
5 places in Asia to experience autumn like never before (No, really)
With the scorching summer heat behind and the chill of winter yet to arrive, autumn in Asia is the perfect season for delving into the tranquillity of nature.
Explainer / How will Japan's ruling party pick the next prime minister?
Here is a rundown of the leading contenders.
Japan shows first commercial fin whale catch in 48 years
Fin whales are the world's second-biggest animal after the blue whale.
Japan to give $3m to displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh, $1m to Myanmar
Japan will provide US $4 million as emergency grant aid for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the northern part of Rakhine State of Myanmar.
NKorea fires ballistic missile over Japan
Nuclear-armed North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean in a major escalation by Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons ambitions.
Japan captures Deaflympics gold in women’s volleyball
The Japanese women’s volleyball team beat Italy 3-0 in the final of the 23rd Summer Deaflympics, an international competition for the hearing-impaired, in Samsun, Turkey. The gold medal was the team’s first in 16 years.
Japan floods death toll rises to 15
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15, media reported Saturday, as rescuers continued work to bring out isolated survivors.
Japan's Antlers fire coach who riled Ronaldo
Japan's Kashima Antlers sack manager Masatada Ishii five months after he steered them to the Club World Cup final, officials say.
'Japanese Messi' sets record
Japanese media hailed wonderkid Takefusa Kubo on Sunday after he became the youngest scorer in the J-League at 15 with a strike for FC Tokyo's under-23 side.
Stand-in skipper Yoshida 'buzzing' after Japan win
Japan defender Maya Yoshida said he was "buzzing" after leading his side to a 2-0 victory in Thursday's World Cup qualifier against United Arab Emirates in place of injured skipper Makoto Hasebe.
Japan grants US$ 60,291 to Dhaka Zoo
The Government of Japan has extended grant assistance worth US$ 60,291 to Bangladesh National Zoo in Dhaka for improvement of its audio-visual equipment for educational exhibition.
Bangladeshi asylum seekers tricked into radiation clean-up
Two Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Japan have cleared up radioactive contamination from one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.
Tennis: Nishikori suffers sixth successive final loss
Japanese top seed Kei Nishikori lost a sixth successive final on Sunday when he was defeated by Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in the Buenos Aires clay-court title match.