Japan and South Korea, two of the US’s closest allies in Asia, are locked in a trade dispute that threatens both crown jewel Samsung Electronics and the global smartphone supply chain.

On July 1, cit…

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KYODO NEWS - 5 hours ago - 13:00 | Japan, All

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition has maintained its lead ahead of Sunday's upper house election, but uncertainty remains over whethe…

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The Hokkaido Shimbun Press - 7 hours ago - 10:50 | All, Japan, Lifestyle

A sushi restaurant in Hokkaido in northern Japan has started an intensive eight-month sushi chef training program to tackle th…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:15 | Sports, Lifestyle, All

A record-breaking Japanese female free diver died Monday following an accident last week, having fallen from her apartment in the southern isl…

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Yesterday, Yu-Gi-Oh! creat…

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Walking just under 9,000 steps a day could help protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease, researchers have claimed.

In a new study published in journal JAMA Neurology, a team of scientists assessed…

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This August, Nintendo is releasing a new Switch model with a longer battery life. It will be priced the same as the current model and, aside from the improved battery, feature the sam…

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After a decade as a journalist in Washington DC, working for a variety of outlets and covering a number of different beats, I'd thought I'd seen everything. Apparently, I was wrong.

No elected repres…

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The last time I saw Hideo Kojima, we were both naked.

It was at a traditional Japanese ryokan’s rotenburo (outdoor bath), on a Konami company vacation near Mount Fuji. He was a lot thinner then, befo…

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On Capitol Hill Thursday, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan defended his efforts to fix the border crisis. Just 24 hours earlier, CBS News met with McAleenan in Texas. It was the fir…

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