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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Traditional Japanese knowledge and skills used in the production of sake and "shochu" distilled...

U.S. Space Force launches Tokyo unit to bolster integrated deterrence

TOKYO - The U.S. Space Force on Wednesday launched a unit at Yokota Air...

Japan novelist Haruki Murakami to be given honorary doctorate by alma mater

Famed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami will be awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma...

Japan to vie for nonpermanent U.N. Security Council seat in 2043

Japan will contest an election for a nonpermanent place on the U.N. Security Council...

Hidankyo hopes to expand antinuke movement through Nobel award ceremony

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors that won this...

Zelenskyy says Ukraine wants to retake occupied land by diplomacy

TOKYO—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that his country is seeking an early end...

Japan eyes next-gen solar power equivalent to 20 nuclear reactors

The Japanese government is planning to generate some 20 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to...

Japan to provide defense equipment to Philippines, 3 other nations

Japan plans to provide defense equipment to the Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia and Djibouti under...