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The head of a Japanese minor opposition party viewed as having extremist views apologized on Sunday for referencing a hypothetical storyline in which women have their uteruses removed after 30 as a way to deal with the country’s falling birthrate. In his YouTube channel program streamed Friday themed on declining birthrate, Naoki Hyakuta, novelist and […]
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women’s free program at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2024. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Britain remains on board next-gen fighter jet plan with Japan, Italy LONDON […]
Workers at long-established Japanese pickle producer Daiyasu Co. make “senmaizuke” pickled sliced turnips in Kyoto on Nov. 7, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Ishiba’s LDP, smaller DPP debate econ steps, PM eyes minority gov’t TOKYO – Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and […]
Yokozuna Terunofuji has withdrawn from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening Sunday, marking his absence from two straight meets. The grand champion’s Isegahama stable made the decision Friday after his preparation was hampered by the knee pain and diabetes symptoms that saw him miss all of September’s Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Yokozuna Terunofuji receives the […]
A test illumination is held at Eikando Zenrinji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 6, 2024, ahead of its special event for night-time viewing of autumn foliage. Around 3,000 maple trees will be lit up at night at the event to run from Nov. 11-Dec. 1. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Toyota net profit falls 26.4% to 1.91 tril. yen in April-Sept. ==Kyodo Source link
Japan men’s national basketball team head coach Tom Hovasse said Tuesday he is aiming for Olympic qualification and a quarterfinal berth at the 2028 Los Angeles Games following his reappointment to the top job. While Akatsuki Japan finished the Paris Olympics this past summer without a win, the team showed enough progress for the 57-year-old […]
A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2024. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ———- Japan launches flagship H3 rocket carrying defense satellite MINAMITANE, Japan – Japan launched a […]
Japan launched a flagship H3 rocket carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite Monday. The H3 series is the successor to the country’s current mainstay H2A vehicle that has supported Japan’s space development for more than 20 years. Japan’s H3 rocket No. 4 lifts off carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center […]