Former Foreign Minister Matsumoto replaces Terada

Former Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto is the new internal affairs minister, succeeding Minoru Terada who was ousted over a series of political funding scandals, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Nov. 21.

Hiroshima voters feel betrayed by ousted Terada: He had to go

HIROSHIMA--Voters in Hiroshima Prefecture showed little sympathy for ousted internal affairs minister Minoru Terada, saying his funding scandals not only betray supporters but could also hurt international efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.

Supreme Court rejects murder conviction in death of mans wife

The First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court on Nov. 21 for the first time overturned a guilty verdict of murder that was reached under the citizen-judge system and upheld by a high court.

Iitate will be 1st to lift evacuation order without decontamination

Contest aims to improve robots for rescues on mountains

Students at Korean schools harassed over missile launches

Locals decry new school name listed in only 1 of 341 submissions

Prime Minister Kishida sacks 3rd minister in a month

Terada resigns as Kishida signals his time in Cabinet is up

Kishida dogged by domestic wrangle on international trip

JR East mulls seats for dogs on some special Shinkansen rides

Consumer prices in October rise at sharpest rate in 40 years

Trade watchdog to study search engine contracts for online news

No need to avoid Xi at APEC, Taiwan envoy says after rare encounter

Tesla safety at center of South Korean trial over fiery, fatal crash

TSMC planning advanced chip production in Arizona, says companys founder

Firms work on growing food in space so humans can live on moon

Okayama study identifies first Corythosaurus outside Canada

Japan again recognized for poor record on fossil fuels

Koji Fukada wins revived Akira Kurosawa Award at TIFF

Letter to pope from early Japan Christians stuns researchers

Prices rise for French import wine Beaujolais Nouveau

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Literary giant Mori Ogais favorite dishes recreated, served

Famed temple in Uji opens garden for nighttime illuminations

SOCCER/ World Cup dismay for Qatar as Ecuador wins opening game

SOCCER/ Qatar opens World Cup with lavish half-hour ceremony

How come Qatar got World Cup when its not a soccer nation?

VOX POPULI: World Cup scandals hard to reconcile with joy of the sport

EDITORIAL: Stronger bill still needed to assist the victims of religious groups

EDITORIAL: Kishida-Xi meet ought to open the door to fixing bilateral ties

Iwate museum destroyed in 3/11 tsunami reopens after 11 years

Bribery scandal casts focus on ad firms working with Olympics

Coal carrier is fitted with a sail to cut emissions in a world first

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Murakami awarded French international literary prize

The lion is king of all it surveys either in the wild or in captivity

JR East mulls seats for dogs on some special Shinkansen rides

Letter to pope from early Japan Christians stuns researchers

Terada resigns as Kishida signals his time in Cabinet is up

How come Qatar got World Cup when its not a soccer nation?

2 men killed in ultralight plane crash after takeoff in Ibaraki

Ukrainian child evacuees visit Hiroshima for lesson in history

Literary giant Mori Ogais favorite dishes recreated, served

Italian man found dead at detention center; suicide looked at

Japan, Britain, Italy moving forward on fighter jet project

VOX POPULI: World Cup scandals hard to reconcile with joy of the sport

HANAKOS TRAGEDY: Woman killed while dreaming of surviving in the United States

JR East mulls seats for dogs on some special Shinkansen rides

Japan, Britain, Italy moving forward on fighter jet project

2-year-old girl dies after father forgets to drop her off at school

Italian man found dead at detention center; suicide looked at

Shrine workers protest Shinto bodys anti-LGBT pamphlet

International Childrens Peace Prize awarded to Japanese teen

Japan eyes network of 50 satellites to track enemy missiles

Skilled foreign workers flocking to urban centers for higher pay

Former prison guard describes stark reality of executions

4 die in accident on Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa

Ohtani, Darvish loom large at Fighters new home stadium

Many parts of Japan witness a rare lunar and planet eclipse

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Haruki Murakami and other writers read from books before selected audiences at the new Haruki Murakami Library.

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