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Y9.6 mil tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant owners

National › Thursday 08th January, 03:14 PM JST

TOKYO — The battle over a bluefin tuna that sold for 9.63 million yen at the New Year auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji market, the highest price in…

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Mother of 3 kids who died in fire admits being at pachinko parlor, not hospital

National › 12:49 PM JST - 8th January

CHIBA — The mother of three children who died Tuesday in a fire at their apartment in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, was at a pachinko parlor at the…

Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock

National › 12:44 PM JST - 8th January

SYDNEY — The Australian government said Thursday that radical conservationists who have been pursuing Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters can refuel their ship in Australia, despite Japan's…

Trucks start dumping snow in Odori Park for 60th Snow Festival in Sapporo

Trucks start dumping snow in Odori Park for 60th Snow Festival in Sapporo

National › 11:38 AM JST - 8th January

SAPPORO — Work began on Wednesday building the sculptures for Sapporo’s 60th Snow Festival to be held Feb 5 -11 in Odori Park. Commercial operators and members…

Suicide hotline struggling to cope

National › 08:51 AM JST - 8th January

TOKYO — A hotline set up to help people considering killing themselves is stretched to its limit, with the economic crisis feared to be worsening the country's…

Filipino girl calls on Justice Ministry for residence permission

National › 04:16 AM JST - 8th January

TOKYO — A Filipino girl and her parents called on the Justice Ministry on Wednesday to rescind its deportation order and grant them special residence permission, submitting…

Hiroshima to send officials to S Korea to meet with A-bomb victims

National › 03:11 AM JST - 8th January

HIROSHIMA — The Hiroshima city government said Wednesday it will send two officials to South Korea to meet with six bedridden atomic-bomb survivors, who have applied for…

20th anniversary of death of Emperor Hirohito marked

National › 02:05 PM JST - 7th January

TOKYO — Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko commemorated the 20th anniversary of the death of Emperor Hirohito at his tomb in Tokyo on Wednesday. About 80 people,…

Whalers refuse help from Sea Shepherd to search for lost sailor

National › 11:18 AM JST - 7th January

SYDNEY — Japanese whaling vessels searching for a missing crew member in freezing Antarctic waters have refused assistance from a hardline anti-whaling group, a spokesman for the…

7 killed in fires in Tokyo, Nara, Osaka

National › 10:16 AM JST - 7th January

TOKYO — At least seven people were killed in house fires in Tokyo, the city of Nara and Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, early Wednesday morning, police said. In…