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Typhoon No. 13 lashed Japan's southern Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday, injuring five people and cutting power ‌to 14,000 buildings. The storm was about 160 km northwest of Kume ‌Island in Okinawa as of 12 noon, moving northwest at ⁠15 kph, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Five elderly ⁠people suffered non-life-threatening…

The Okayama District Court has sentenced a 31-year-old man to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting and committing indecent acts against 19 children at his home in Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture, between 2024 and 2025. According to the ruling, between March 2024 and May 2025, Tomomitsu Tani committed indecent…

It was important enough to the framers of the U.S. Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights — that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” As part of the Fifth Amendment, the right…

At any given point there are hundreds of thousands of people in the skies travelling by air. For many, these journeys will pass by without consequence. But for some, a routine flight may trigger a health emergency. Although these events are rare, with the demand and availability of air travel…

Masahide Koda, a Tohoku University lecturer in public health. A Tohoku University research team has uncovered major differences in the leading causes of death between rural and urban areas in Japan, with heart disease and traffic accidents claiming more lives in rural communities, while tuberculosis and pneumonia are more prevalent…

The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos. Teams of sellers hawk their filming services to passersby, many of whom have been drawn to the city and its cyberpunk…

Police have referred kabuki actor Nakamura Kosaburo to prosecutors on suspicion of hitting and injuring a woman with his car before fleeing the scene in Tokyo last month. Police recommended that prosecutors indict Nakamura, 77, investigative sources said. Nakamura is suspected of striking the woman in her 20s from behind…

Japan's Defense Ministry plans to seek a record budget of 8.9 trillion yen for fiscal 2027, sources familiar with the matter said, as Tokyo accelerates its defense buildup in response to growing regional security threats and "new forms of warfare." The request will be submitted to the Finance Ministry by…

Australia got new coach Les Kiss off to a winning start on Saturday with a nail-biting 35-32 victory over Japan in sweltering Osaka. Harry Potter, Tom Wright, Max Jorgensen, Fraser McReight and Taniela Tupou all scored tries for the Wallabies, who lost Miles Amatosero to a red card upgraded from…

The Japanese industry ministry is considering creating a system for oil wholesalers and trading firms to share the extra costs of importing crude through routes that avoid passing the Strait of Hormuz. The move is aimed at diversifying procurement sources in the resource-poor nation that has long heavily relied on…