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The head of the Maritime Self-Defense Force intends to resign to take responsibility for a spate of incidents where ...

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Voters in Tokyo cast ballots Sunday to decide whether to re-elect conservative Yuriko Koike to a third four-year term as ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret on Saturday for the handling of two cases of sexual assaults allegedly ...