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A media association survey has found that the proportion of people in Japan who think the United States is the biggest threat to world peace came to 26.8 pct, the second highest after China, cited by 32.5 pct.

The newspaper subscription rate in Japan fell below 50pctfor the first time ever, a survey has found.

A Japan-South Korea culture exchange festival was held in Seoul on Saturday, with this year's event featuring a tuna-cutting show performed by the Japanese side.

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court called for the "immediate revocation" of U.S. sanctions against the Hague, the Netherlands-based institution on Saturday.

Honda Motor Co. plans to receive supplies of Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Triton pickup truck produced in Thailand for sale under its own brand, informed sources have said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pointed to the need for U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in a telephone meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi held Saturday.

An experiment by French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur in the mid-19th century had inspired 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Kenso Soai's research.

Two people were killed while participating in traditional local festivals featuring "danjiri" floats in two cities in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Saturday.

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Saturday conveyed to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tokyo's concern over Washington's sanctions against the International Criminal Court.

Tomoka Nishiyama, a "joryu kishi," or female professional shogi player, obtained the right to become a "kishi," a player under a different professional system for the board game, on Saturday, when she won the "Hakurei" title for the fifth time.