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Police in Aichi Prefecture arrested a 42-year-old man on Saturday in connection with the murders of his wife and their two children following the discovery of their bodies earlier this week. Daisuke Tanaka, who had…

Children gather at the Temple of Confucius in China's Qufu, the birthplace of the founder of Confucianism, on July 29, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo…

Blooming rakkyo shallot flowers create a purple haze across farmland near sand dunes in the western Japan city of Tottori on Nov. 14, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news…

Photo taken in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Aug. 26, 2022, shows a residential area hit by a Russian attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ----------…

The Japanese government plans to roll out a new type of COVID-19 vaccine considered effective for the Omicron variant as early as October, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The so-called bivalent vaccine…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday embarked on a four-day trip to the United Arab Emirates to attend a U.N. conference on climate change, during which he is expected to hold talks with Israeli…

The four-day Awa dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the first time in three years that the traditional festival has had spectators in the outdoor stands amid the coronavirus…

People look at the ruins of the fire-hit Tanga market in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2022. A fire broke out on the night of Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected…

Giant panda Fuhin is given ice blocks as a gift for her third birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 22, 2023. (Kyodo)…

U.S. Forces Japan dispatched two Osprey aircraft to search for the missing crew of another that crashed earlier this week in southwestern Japan, prompting local leaders to express concern over their safety. The…