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Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said Saturday he will retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use the prefecture's adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex offenses against local residents, and will apologize to the American people and military.

A Japanese politician already under fire over comments about wartime sex slaves has apologised for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels.

Japanese architecture showcases some of the most creative and surreal designs in the entire world and Japanese architect and designer Hiroyuki Arima lives up to this claim.

A Boeing 787 plane flying for All Nippon Airways prepares to land at Haneda Airport in Tokyo after an April test flight.

Two little girls were frolicking merrily on a scavenger hunt with their stepmother.

In an effort to address a gap in travel between Thailand and the island of Kyushu in Japan, a tourism exchange was recently organized in the city of Fukuoka between the Thai Government and the private sector of Japan's travel industry.

With the Diet endorsing the Hague Convention to help settle parental cross-border child abductions after years of lobbying by foreign governments and citizens, Japan is being urged to provide adequate support to parents and children separated through failed marriages.

Japan Atomic Power Co., operator of the idled Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, said Friday its group sales in the year that ended in March grew 4.3 percent from a year earlier to 152.43 billion, even though it failed to generate any electricity.

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto attends a city council session at Osaka City Hall in Osaka, western Japan, Friday, May 24, 2013.

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In Japan, taxis are typically black. Sometimes, they're white or even yellow, but generally, people think of them as being dark-colored and dull looking.

President John Mahama has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the start of the 21st African Union Summit.

Tehran: Iran is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic agency report showed Wednesday.

The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building's owner was the "main culprit" for the disaster because he violated construction codes.

Japan's key equity market indices fell more than 6 percent overnight, the most since the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.

A woman takes a picture of blooming cherry blossoms in Ueno Park in Tokyo, in March.

The Japanese have long been committed whisky drinkers, and until recently that meant holing up in a small, dark den designed for serious drinking.

Through the efforts of our Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes in the UK, Salem-News.com joins 67 organizations around the world trying to bring a level of respect and dignity to women abused by the Japanese military during WWII.

"DoJoJi: The Man Inside the Bell" presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre at the Clurman Theatre, located at 410 West 42nd Street, in Manhattan, celebrates its 36th season with an interesting takeoff of a thought provoking Japanese legend that has been told through several different versions of Japanese theatrical art forms.

The biggest drop in Japanese shares since the 2011 earthquake erased $314 billion in market value, shaking bulls who pushed the Topix Index to five-year highs and highlighting their vulnerability to shocks at home and abroad.