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Japan to limit financing of overseas coal power plants

"Rent-a-Girlfriend," a romantic-comedy anime, follows the story of a 20-year-old college student named Kazuya Kinoshita, who rents a girlfriend named Chizuru Mizuhara.

Tokyo to pay nightclubs to close as virus cases surge

The retailer reported 86% year-over-year growth in e-commerce.

Japan rescuers battle to reach thousands trapped by floods

Fighting coronavirus, dreaming of Olympics: meet Japan's boxing nurse

U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday as traders pondered how covid-19 infections will delay business reopenings

Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south

With festival cancelled by virus, Japan fireflies dance alone

Local agencies in Japan confirmed that an island formed by volcanic eruptions is currently going through a rapid growth spurt.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday one day after Nasdaq set all-time closing high.

52 dead in Japan floods as more troops join rescue

The tensions between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands continued when the Japanese Coast Guard blocked some Chinese vessels who had come within 2.5 miles of the island putting some fishing boats at risk.

Experts and local authorities are baffled by the sudden appearance of headless sea lions on the shores of Canada’s Vancouver Island. However, for a marine zoologist, photos of the dead animals reveal a pattern in their injuries.

Brave Japanese rafters paddle against the floods

Nishinoshima island began as a small volcano that emerged from the water for the first time in 2013.

Rain hampers rescue efforts after deadly Japan floods

"Hamilton" scores a huge win on digital.

U.S. stocks gained on Monday despite raising cases of covid-19.

"And yet, there they are," the U.S. Navy responded to a tweet from the Chinese website Global Times that U.S. aircraft carriers are in the South China Sea "at the pleasure" of the People's Liberation Army.

It’s still relatively early in the life of the Nintendo Switch, but don’t expect the next console from Nintendo to stray from its hybrid design.