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Takeshi Kaneko searched for nine years to find someone to take over the dried-food store his parents opened after they fled the rubble of Japan-occupied China at the end of World War II.

On July 5, the "Kippu-iri" opening ritual of the Naginata Hoko float, which leads the Yamahoko procession of the Gion Festival, was held at the Naginata Hoko community hall in Shijo-dori Karasuma-higashi-iru, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto.

Central Trade and Auto Company , the exclusive dealer for Toyota in the Kingdom, recently organized a workshop on essential vehicle fire hazard investigation techniques for members of the Jordanian Civil Defense Department and the Public Security Directorate, the latter being represented by its Hazardous Materials, Criminal Evidence and Criminal ... (more)

Twenty-two years ago, while living in Sapporo, Japan, I nearly made it to Seoul.

Japan would be able to produce enough plutonium to make about 2,000 atomic bombs a year if a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the country's northeast goes into operation, a U.S. nuclear nonproliferation expert has warned.

Tiles of a building are scattered after the magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck on March 14, 2014 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.

ASHLEY HALL: The Japanese prime minister concluded a successful visit to Australia this week, but he's returned home to a brewing national debate about sexism and the role of women.

Gavin Young, Calgary Herald CALGARY, AB: JUNE 28, 2014 -- Air Canada flight AC9, a Boeing 767 to Tokyo, Japan, was the first scheduled flight to take-off from the Calgary International Airport's new $600 million runway on Saturday afternoon June 28, 2014.

On July 11, 1914, Babe Ruth made his Major League baseball debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland.

We know that sitting all day long, whether at a desk or on the couch, can be bad for your health.

Japanese Ground Self Defense forces' helicopters fly over tanks during the new year exercise in Narashino in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo Tokyo has been handed a lawsuit seeking to block Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's move towards expanding the military.

Workers construct an ice wall to freeze highly toxic water at tsunami-crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co.'

A Tokyo Electric Power Co.' s staff member measures the radiation in the air as workers prepare materials which will be used to create a frozen underground wall to surround the crippled reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'

He was not used on Raw and that is a bad sign according to the observer. As noted before, Vince McMahon's right hand man, WWE producer Kevin Dunn does not like the Rose gimmick.

Today is Friday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2014. There are 173 days left in the year.

Today is Friday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2014. There are 173 days left in the year.

Visitors play Pachinko, a Japanese form of legal gambling, at Dynam Japan Holdings Co.'

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto , who shared an Oscar for Bernardo Bertolucci 's "The Last Emperor" score, has been diagnosed with throat cancer and has canceled his upcoming performances to focus on his health.

Oklahoma farmer Kevin Whitney thought his iPhone was lost for good when it fell into a grain elevator last year.

Democracy Now! is broadcasting from Tokyo, Japan, today in the first of three special broadcasts.