Japan eyes tripling departure tax to combat overtourism

Japan dispatched a senior diplomat to Beijing Monday to calm a deepening dispute after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that Tokyo might respond militari...

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Olympic ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani broke their silence in Osaka on Nov. 7 after a leaked video showed Alex swearing at his sister during training befor...

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Tokyo sushi chef Jiro Ono, founder of the world-renowned Sukiyabashi Jiro, turned 100 on Monday, marking a century of dedication to his craft. The celebrated Gi...

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Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, confessed to the killing as his murder trial began Tuesday in Nara,...

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Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system 140 years ago, yet her ultraconservat...

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The Japanese government has instructed OpenAI to prevent copyright violations after its Sora 2 video-generation tool produced clips imitating well-known anime....

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Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was named one of three laureates for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. He shares the recognition...

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Japan is set to appoint its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo over t...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba conveyed this week that recognizing Palestine as a state is “not a matter of ‘if,’ but of ‘when,’” marking the strongest...

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Haru Urara, the Japanese racehorse who became a national symbol of endurance after finishing winless in all 113 of her races, died on Sept. 9 at age 29 at a far...

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