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Chinese court sentences a Japanese man to more than 3 years in prison on espionage charges
BEIJING -- A Japanese man was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison in China on espionage charges, ...
Japanese pharma executive sentenced to 3.5 years in China for espionage
China has sentenced a Japanese pharmaceutical executive to three and a half year in prison for espionage, a decision that ...
South Korea summons Japanese defense attache over territorial claims
South Korea summoned a Japanese attache to protest a territorial claim over disputed islands that Tokyo made in an annual ...
'Japanese First' party shakes up election with alarm over foreigners
An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, pushing ...
China Convicts Employee of Japanese Drugmaker of Spying
The Astellas Pharma executive was sentenced to 3½ years in a case that has added strain to relations between Tokyo and ...
‘Utterly foolish’: 12 hours before World War II ended, the US firebombed this Japanese city
Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...
Japanese warship used in WWII found on Pacific seafloor: See photos
A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World ...
Mariners’ Japanese pitcher leaves MLB to return to contract in NPB
Fujinami has signed a deal with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of NPB, that team announced. Seattle released Fujinami from the ...
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Porsche Design Tower Bangkok Partners with List Sotheby's to Venture into Japanese Ultra-luxury Market
Successful Tokyo Roadshow Event Introduces Asia’s Unparalleled Ultra-Luxury Living to Japan STUTTGART, GERMANY / TOKYO, JAPAN ...
Cleveland WWII POW identified 80 years after death in Japanese prison camp
Lt. William Bucey, who survived the Bataan Death March but died of malaria in 1944, will finally receive a proper burial in ...
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'Japanese First' party rocked by suspicions of Russian interference
TOKYO -- Populist upstart party Sanseito, which has gained traction with a "Japanese First" message, is in hot water after reports that one of its candidates for Sunday's upper house election did an ...
China jails Japanese man, in his 60s and detained since 2023, for spying; Tokyo says ‘extremely regrettable’
China has jailed a 63-year-old Japanese man for three and a half years for spying. He is among 17 Japanese citizens with business or other connections to China who have been detained in China since ...