Japan's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with committing a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a middle school student in 2015, citing his failure to ...

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China's Gao Tingyu win the men's 100m speed skating final at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Feb 8, 2025.

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The North Asian private equity giant cited rising demand for semiconductor products amid the AI boom for its decision to ...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

Royals captain Justin Kipkie, an NHL prospect for Utah HC, scored the winner on the power play at 3:17 of overtime after ...

This central Japan city famed for its jade stones is set to ask people to refrain from taking the prized mineral formations ...

A dog and its owner ventured out for a morning walk in heavy snow in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture on February 5, as a winter storm hit parts of the country’s north.Footage filmed by X user ...

In a speech to business leaders, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal ...

Majestic curtains of ice hang on a riverside in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, wowing tourists. Water dripping out of a mountain cliff freezes into huge icicles on a bank of the Nishino River ...