Hiroki Nakatani said prompting a standing ovation by the resolution's backers. Typically, the WHO

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Gifu Prefectural Police headquarters( Mainichi/ Hiroki Sameshima) GIFU--The body of a man found in

Huang Dongping overwhelmed Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito of Japan 21-10, 21-15 in 33 minutes.In

as full-backs Yuto Nagatomo of FC Tokyo and Hiroki Sakai of Urawa Reds, while handing four players

Hiroki Ishiguro, left, the chief defense lawyer for a Vietnamese woman accused of abandoning the

Kimiyasu Kudo( Photo courtesy of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) TOKYO( Kyodo)--SoftBank Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo, who guided the Pacific League club to five Japan Series titles in six years, plans to resign at the end of this season, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday.... The 58-year-old Kudo is on a two-year contract that expires at the end of the season, his seventh as skipper of the Fukuoka-based Hawks.... Kudo continued the Hawks' success as a Japanese baseball powerhouse that they

TOKYO( Reuters)-Rescuers in Japan waded through mud, rock and splintered wood in search of 24 people still missing on Tuesday after heavy rain triggered massive landslides in the seaside city of Atami three days ago, killing four people. Police, fire fighters and military personnel resumed rescue operation, suspended for the night on Monday, at around 6: 00 a.m.( 2100 GMT Monday). The landslides occured around 10: 30 a.m.on Saturday, and time is running out for any survivors trapped beneath the

The Mie Prefectural Government building is seen in the prefectural capital of Tsu.... 20, and she was recognized as having had close contact with him.... But her lack of symptoms meant she was unable to take a polymerase chain reaction( PCR) test....

KYOTO( Kyodo)--A specially-painted crosswalk made to appear as if it is three-dimensional to catch the attention of drivers and get them to slow down was declared open near an elementary school in Kyoto Prefecture on Monday as the school restarted after the summer vacation.... The stripes of the crosswalk, at which there are no traffic lights, are painted not just in white but also dark red and appear to the eye to be floating in the air.... The pupils traversed the crosswalk greeting official