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Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. Activists said it was the fiercest fighting in Syria's two year-old civil…

Wrestling is heeding the harshest of wakeup calls. Now it's time for the International Olympic Committee to do the right thing. Put this most historic of sports back on the program for the 2020 Summer Games. Assuming the governing body, known as FILA, follows through on major steps announced on…

Located in Kanagawa Prefecture, the city of Hakone is a popular weekend travel destination for people living in the Tokyo area. The town’s numerous open-air hot springs and traditional inns, several with spectacular views of Mt Fuji, attract visitors both young and old. Most people headed to Hakone take the…

Anyone expecting a broad overhaul of Japan's economy that would remove barriers to competition will likely be disappointed when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launches his "Third Arrow" policy next month, but those with more modest expectations may be pleased. Abe has promised to make structural reform and deregulation a key…

A 25-year-old man has been arrested for theft in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, after taking a new Lexus for a test drive from a dealership in Kurashiki City, two prefectures and 180 km away. According to the police investigation, the suspect Shota Ishibashi wanted to visit his grandmother in Fukuoka,…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Sunday to seek talks with Pyongyang in a bid to settle the nagging issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese, without risking its alliance with Washington and Seoul. Abe made the comment after a surprise visit to North Korea by one of his advisers last…

Japan's earnings season has drawn to a close with the sharply weaker yen helping inflate profits at some of the nation's top exporters, but, some commentators warn, the drop is not all good news. Sony booked its first annual profit in five years, Toyota more than tripled its earnings in…

China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance. Japan refuses…

China's television regulator has ordered a crack down on dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and before World War II and demanded they be more serious, state media said, following viewer complaints about ludicrous storylines. Ties have been shadowed for years by what Beijing says has been Tokyo's…

It wouldn’t be going too far to say that Photoshop is the best friend of many creators. As such, it’s understandable that there’s a lot of interest in the most recent announcement from Adobe, the software’s creator. The company has announced that it will be changing all of its products…