Kazuma Kaya of Japan competes in the men's pommel horse final on the sixth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct.... On the sixth day at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium, Kaya scored 14. 900 points and finished in a tie for second with China's Weng Hao behind the 15. 266 scored by gold medalist Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States.... Japan's six-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura will compete in Sunday's horizontal bar final, while Tokyo Olympic all-around champi

Minami Police Station.... She was carrying a bladed weapon thought to be the same one used in the

University's Minami-Osawa Campus on the afternoon of Dec.... As of 2: 30 p.m., the fire had burned a

A nursing home in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, where a female resident was found dead, is

variant.“ There’re considerable uncertainties ” from Omicron, Takeshi Minami, chief economist at

border control measures, is seen in the city of Fukuoka's Minami Ward on Nov.... 30, which in principle

warrant on suspicion of arson of an inhabited structure, the investigation headquarters at Minami

ammunitions exercise at Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, on the northern Japan island of Hokkaido on Dec

Hokkaido Prefectural Police headquarters( Mainichi/ Taichi Kaizuka) SAPPORO--A middle-aged man and woman were found wounded and collapsed in a housing complex in this north Japan city on Jan.... Police received an emergency call at around 4: 30 p.m. from someone near the housing complex in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, who said they heard a woman crying for help.... According to the police station, both had what appeared to be blade wounds, and the man is receiving treatment....

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Daniel LeussinkTOKYO( Reuters)-Japanese retail sales beat expectations in May as households loosened their purse strings, but underlying trends in consumption remain hostage to COVID-19-linked pressures and suggest the economic recovery will take time to gather steam. With Tokyo set to host the Olympic Games next month, analysts expect Japan's economy will barely grow in the second quarter after prolonged coronavirus emergency curbs hurt the growth outlook.As major glob