Tottori Prefectural Tottori Nishi High School, one of the prefecture's leading college-prep schools with roots stretching ...

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Israeli airstrikes Wednesday struck seven vehicles in Lebanon -- three of them on the main highway just south of Beirut -- ...

U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that could not only ...

Japanese authorities may continue to step into the currency market to arrest the yen's rapid fall after gaining fresh support ...

Tochigi Prefectural Utsunomiya Higashi Secondary School will adopt ready-made jackets and slacks from fast fashion giant ...

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President Donald Trump on Thursday kicked off a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that is expected to be long on ...

State-backed Japanese oil and gas explorer Inpex Corp. on Wednesday raised its net profit forecast for the year through ...

The struggling Los Angeles Dodgers star hit just his second home run in his last 24 games -- an opposite field solo shot to ...

A new study says it is wrong to say that women who go to university miss their chance to marry and have children.

Zensho Holdings Co., operator of the beef bowl chain Sukiya, is quietly testing a new frontier with a little-known ...