Noriko Ohara, the Japanese voice actress who for decades played the role of Nobita in the beloved

Japan's COVID-19 vaccination minister Noriko Horiuchi, front left, and Takaji Wakita, front right

Japan's Yukako Kawai, right, battles Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the Tokyo Olympics' women's 62-kilogram freestyle wrestling final at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba Prefecture on Aug.... Thanks to Kawai's performance, Japanese female wrestlers have now clinched gold in five consecutive Olympics since the 2004 Athens Games, when women's wrestling became an official Olympic sport.... First-time Olympian Kawai's 26-year-old sister Risako, who is competing in the Tokyo Olympics'57-kg freesty

Then, there were shrieks, wild applause, weeping and shouts of “ I love you!... But now, after all I have been through, I finally have the courage to open up to you about something.... Earlier this summer, the Japanese Parliament passed an L.G.B.T.Q rights bill but it had been watered down by the political right, stating that there “ should be no unfair discrimination ” against gay and transgender people.In making a public declaration, the 34-year-old Mr....

A police team investigates an apartment in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward where people were stabbed on the morning of June 22, 2021.... An investigative source said a man in his 20s was in police custody.... Of those hurt, a man in his 30s has reportedly been seriously injured after being stabbed in the head and right wrist....

The guests arrived 30 minutes before check-in time at a traditional hot springs inn a couple of hours north of Tokyo.... The push is all the more urgent as labor shortages have given workers more options to walk away if they feel mistreated. Image Guests arriving at Yumori Tanakaya.... They are drawing up rules to guide staff on what is considered a legitimate complaint and what is simply unacceptable behavior that can be rebuffed. Some employers have removed surnames from name tags to protect

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Bluefin tuna, which is no longer classified as an endangered species, is seen at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, on March 31, 2015.... Bruce Collett, chair of the IUCN SSC Tuna and Billfish Specialist Group, noted that the recovery of some tuna stocks is" proof that sustainable fisheries approaches work, with enormous long-term benefits for livelihoods and biodiversity.... We need to continue enforcing sustainable fishing quotas and cracking down on illegal fishing." For this revis

All the latest news for any part of the world you select.... A father in India, fighting his own patriarchal impulses to give his two daughters a better life. With reports from six continents and 34 countries, the Saturday Profile in 2023 revealed people making a difference, mostly under the radar.... Every week, our correspondents often sought out not the famous nor the powerful, but the unheralded with stories worth hearing.A Muslim cleric in Ukraine, now a medic on the front lines of the wa

A large segment of the South Korean public also objects to the discharge, as do fishing groups and others in Japan.Mr.... Japanese fisheries associations fear that both domestic and international customers may be reluctant to eat fish from the region once the water is released.... Tokyo Electric — or Tepco, as it is known — pumps the water through the destroyed reactors to cool melted fuel that is still too hot and radioactive to remove.As the water passes through the reactors, it accumulates