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Major parties back draft proposal on Japan's imperial family law revision

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Most of the major ruling and opposition parties on Monday showed support for a draft proposal by Japan's lower and upper house speake

Baseball: Sasaki hurls 7 shutout innings in Dodgers' walk-off win

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Roki Sasaki threw seven shutout innings and struck out a Major League Baseball career-high 10 in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 1-0 w

35 yrs after Japan's Mt. Unzen disaster, then rookie reporter teaches lessons to students

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki -- June 3 marked 35 years since a major pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen's Fugen peak in Nagasaki Prefecture claimed the lives of 4

White Sox's Murakami named AL Rookie of the Month for May

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami was named the American League's Rookie of the Month for May, Major League Baseball sai

Eneos oil tanker that passed through Hormuz arrives in southwestern Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An oil tanker under major Japanese oil company Eneos Holdings Inc. arrived in Japan on Wednesday, the second vessel to do so after tr

Taiwan leader Lai vows peace efforts for global tech supply chains

TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday vowed to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, saying at a major technology trade show i

5 major Japan temp agencies suspected of fixing commission fees

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday searched the offices of five major Japanese temporary employment agencies on suspicion of fixin

Calbee rolls out monochrome snack packaging amid ink supply worries

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese snack maker Calbee Inc. began selling its Kappa Ebisen shrimp crackers in black-and-white packaging this week in Tokyo

Yoshinobu Yamamoto strikes out 10 as Dodgers take series from Phillies with 9-1 win

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a season-high 10 strikeouts in 5 1/3 scoreless innings, Ryan Ward hit his first major league homer in his D

Kansai airport expands international area in 1st major renewal

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Kansai International Airport in western Japan unveiled its expanded international area to the media Friday after five years of constr

Japanese cinema, intellectual property step into global spotlight at Cannes

CANNES, France -- Art and commerce are the two wheels of cinema, and both are indispensable. Major international film festivals help keep both turning

In Photos: Japan's ducks play a major role in organic rice farming