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One person has been confirmed dead and seven others are missing following torrential rains that triggered floods and ...

Did you know that algae of all four types have been a food source for people for at least 14,000 years? For example, the Man'yōshū, a 1,200-year-old collection of poems about everyday life in Japan, ...

Two huge earthquakes 17 years apart robbed Shoichi Miyakoshi first of his wife, and then his home. Now, his temporary ...

A 10-year-old Japanese student who was stabbed near his school in southern China has died, officials in Tokyo said Thursday, ...

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Kodansha's Magazine Pocket service announced on X/Twitter on Wednesday that its K MANGA English manga service is now available in Japan. The service was previously available only in the United States ...

A woman who was given only two weeks to live by her doctor managed to fulfill her dreams before she passed away this summer ...