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Japanese shogi prodigy Sota Fujii received the Prime Minister's Award on Monday for his achievement in becoming the first player ever to hold all eight major titles in the traditional board game. The government…

A 20-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with about 150,000 LED lights in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected…

Candles are lit at a park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima near the site of 2014 mudslides that claimed 77 lives, on Aug. 20, 2022, the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2022. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he will make prospective Cabinet ministers review and…

A piece of wreckage from a crashed Osprey military aircraft was handed over to U.S. military Sunday, a southwestern Japanese town said, as an around-the-clock search continued for seven crew missing in nearby waters.…

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…

Illuminated autumn leaves are reflected on the surface of a pond, creating an enchanting "upside-down maple" effect, at Sogi Park in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 21, 2023. (Kyodo) The following is…