TOP NEWS STORIES
A threat by Philippine militants to kill a German hostage in a show of solidarity with the Islamic State group is the latest sign that ...
In his address to the U.N. General Assembly, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the Islamic State poses "a serious threat to international order" and pledges ...
Passengers changing flights at Tokyo’s Haneda airport will get a new option for layovers when their body clock demands nothing but a place to crash. ...
More students are dropping out of college due to financial difficulties, according to an education ministry survey.
The summit of Mount Fuji for the first time has been successfully photographed in far-away Kyoto Prefecture, one of 20 prefectures where, given the right ...
One of Japan’s last surviving silk mills is rapidly falling into disrepair and could collapse despite a local campaign to save it. The Kameyama Silk ...
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TOP OPINION STORIES
As the West seems to be picking fights with several enemies simultaneously, there is the risk of the war on terror mutating into a self-perpetuating ...
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has prompted the U.N. Security Council, for the first time, to declare a disease "a threat to international peace ...
Away from the choreography of high diplomacy between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, more than 200 Chinese soldiers entered ...
Bandar Abbas, home of Iran's navy and the main port in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, hosts two Chinese naval vessels on a five-day ...
As the Eboloa epidemic threatens to spread out of control, the U.S.' promise of technical help is welcome, but its dispatch of military troops to ...
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TOP LIFE STORIES
Hideo Kojima’s “P.T.” isn’t even a full game, and it still might be the scariest video game experience of the year. It is atmospheric, unfailingly ...
The new New Nintendo Perhaps not that imaginatively named, the New Nintendo 3DS (NN3DS) is indeed the new Nintendo 3DS. But this is not just ...
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TOP CULTURE STORIES
The North American manga business took a beating last decade. After peaking around 2005-06, the lethal storm of oversaturated shelves, a collapsing U.S. financial industry ...
Japan’s entertainment industry has become so filled with idol groups that some call this is the age of the “idol war.” Finding commercial success amid ...
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TOP SPORTS STORIES
The Yomiuri Giants clinched their 45th league title in franchise history on Friday, when they defeated the Yokohama BayStars 6-3. The victory, combined with the ...
Rika Masuya scored twice as women’s world champion Japan took a step closer to defending its Asian Games title on Friday, thrashing Hong Kong 9-0 ...
The League Cup is like a relative you do not get on with, but still have to ask to Christmas lunch. You would rather they ...
After collecting four gold, one silver and two bronze medals from seven events, one would think Kosuke Hagino would be happy with the Asian Games ...
Mongolian rank-and-filer Ichinojo capitalized on a slip-up by Hakuho to grab a share of the lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday with ...
The perfect script. Derek Jeter capped his Yankee Stadium farewell with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, the latest — and ...
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