The Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Makoto Ogawa) TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640 ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, which uses anest･･･

The Tokyo Auto Salon is the Japanese auto industry's largest opportunity to display its latest go-fast and show-off bits. Scores of OEMs and aftermarket suppliers—and the legions of fanatics who ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 47 °F (8.3 °C). Winds NNW at 11 mph (17.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 7 to 16 mph (11.3 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Sunny ...

A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets. The middle-aged man does not rely on a costume or beg for coins. Instead ...

TOKYO - Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in central Japan's Gifu Prefecture, has become the country's oldest person following the recent death of the previous title holder, the government said Monday,

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