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Alain Bouchard, chairman of Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Canada’s Couche-Tard’s chief stresses ‘friendly’ interest in Japan’s 7-Eleven chain

March 13
Fans of Los Angeles Dodgers wait for the team arrival as a staff installs partitions to block fans from the arrival route of the Dodgers team members at Tokyo International Airport Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Tokyo, as Dodgers to play their MLB opening games against and Chicago Cubs in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Ohtani’s Tokyo airport arrival hidden from fans hoping to catch a glimpse of Japanese star

March 13
Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto speaks during a news conference on the tariffs of Japanese exports including cars and steel, in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s trade minister fails to win US assurances on tariff exemptions

March 11
Shizuyo Takeuchi, 94-year-old Tokyo raid survivor, shares her experience in front of a map of the areas damaged during the 1945 Tokyo Firebombing at the Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage on Feb. 24, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation

March 10
Women take selfie photos while they participate in the flash mob "Beautiful secular outing" by wearing hats to a performance at the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella celebrating upcoming International Women's Day, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know

March 7

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AP explains the execution system in Japan

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was was executed on Friday, at the Tokyo Detention House in secrecy with nothing disclosed until the execution was done. He was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.
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A man walks past a fallen building in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. A powerful earthquake slammed the western coastline of Japan on New Year’s Day. (Kyodo News via AP)

Some schools reopen and garbage collection resumes in Japan’s areas hardest-hit by New Year’s quake

January 15, 2024
An H2A rocket is lifted from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Japan on Friday launched the rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve natural disaster response. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan successfully launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles

January 12, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani answers questions during a baseball news conference at Dodger Stadium Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Shohei Ohtani visits US Embassy in Japan and his dog gets mock visa

January 11, 2024
FILE - Statues adorn the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after a mixed close on Wall Street

January 12, 2024
A reclamation work is resumed at a construction site off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Japan's central government on Wednesday forcibly resumed reclamation work at the planned relocation site of a disputed U.S. military base on the southern island of Okinawa despite persistent opposition and protests by residents and amid growing international criticisms that the move tramples on democracy and environment. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan resumes landfill work at new US military site on Okinawa despite local opposition

January 10, 2024
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Asian shares advanced Thursday on the back of Wall Street’s climb to a near-record high, as Tokyo’s benchmark surged to a 34-year high.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock market today: Asian shares rise after Wall Street nears record; markets eye inflation report

January 11, 2024
FILE - This aerial photo show the burn-out Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo, on Jan. 3, 2024. The 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight JAL-516 didn't expect their plane to burst into flames just as it was about to touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tuesday evening. A smaller coast guard Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, preparing to take off to deliver urgent aid to quake-hit central Japan, was using the same runway when the two collided. The Associated Press collected accounts from witnesses, officials and transcripts of the traffic controls communication. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan issues improved emergency measures following fatal plane collision at Haneda airport

January 9, 2024
A worker walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Stock market today: Asian shares retreat after a lackluster day on Wall St, but Tokyo jumps 2%

January 10, 2024

Flights resume on repaired Tokyo runway a week after fatal collision

January 8, 2024
FILE - A Japan Airlines plane is on fire on the runway of Haneda airport in Tokyo, on Jan. 2, 2024. The 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight JAL-516 didn't expect their plane to burst into flames just as it was about to touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tuesday evening. A smaller coast guard Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, preparing to take off to deliver urgent aid to quake-hit central Japan, was using the same runway when the two collided. The Associated Press collected accounts from witnesses, officials and transcripts of the traffic controls communication. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause

January 6, 2024
Heavy machinery remove the debris of the burned down Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. A team of transport safety officials searched for a voice recorder from the severely burned fuselage of the plane, seeking crucial information on what caused a collision with a small coast guard plane on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese safety experts search for voice data as workers clear plane debris from runway collision

January 6, 2024
Police officers remove the debris from a fire at a market in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. A series of powerful quakes set off a large fire in the town of Wajima, as well as tsunamis and landslides in the region. (Kyodo News via AP)

Death toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes

January 6, 2024
FILE - People look at an electronic stock board showing Japan's stock prices at a securities firm on Dec. 14, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, mirroring the finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after mixed Wall Street finish

January 5, 2024
Burnt Japan Airlines plane is seen at Haneda airport on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff. (Kyodo News via AP)

The key question about fiery crash at Tokyo airport: Did one or both planes have OK to use runway?

January 4, 2024
Police investigate burnt Japanese coast guard aircraft at Haneda airport on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff. (Kyodo News via AP)

Successful evacuation from burning Japan Airlines jet highlights dogged devotion to safety

January 4, 2024
FILE - People look at an electronic stock board showing Japan's stock prices at a securities firm on Dec. 14, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, mirroring the finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed, mirroring Wall Street finish

January 5, 2024
A Japan Airlines plane is on fire on the runway of Haneda airport on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. The passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said. (Kyodo News via AP)

A jet’s carbon-composite fiber fuselage burned on a Tokyo runway. Is the material safe?

January 3, 2024

Japan police arrest a knife-wielding woman inside a train after 4 people are reported injured

January 3, 2024
Police investigators gather beside the burn-out wreckage of Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff. (Kyodo News via AP)

Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash

January 4, 2024

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January 2, 2024

Plane bursts into flames on airport runway in Tokyo

January 2, 2024
The burn-out Japan Airlines plane is seen at Haneda airport on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. The large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing several people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said. (Kyodo News via AP)

Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely

January 3, 2024
People walk past collapsed buildings following an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes in western Japan damaged homes, cars and boats, with officials warning people on Tuesday to stay away from their homes in some areas because of a continuing risk of major quakes and tsunamis. (Kyodo News via AP)

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 55 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast

January 2, 2024
FILE - United States' Crystal Dunn passes during the first half of the FIFA Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between Portugal and the United States at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 1, 2023. Dunn has returned home to join NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC, the team announced Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Crystal Dunn signs with NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC through 2026 season

December 31, 2023
FILE - A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force stands guard next to a surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptor launcher vehicle in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2018. Japan’s defense spending will increase more than 16% next year under a record military budget approved Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, that is intended to accelerate the deployment of long-range cruise missiles that can hit targets in China or North Korea. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

US ambassador thanks Japan for defense upgrade and allowing a Patriot missile sale to US

December 27, 2023
FILE - A Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) logo is seen on a uniform of an employee at the company's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 23, 2017. A Tokyo court on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 ruled that only the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, known as TEPCO, the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the government of responsibility. Plaintiffs criticized the ruling as belittling their suffering and the severity of the disaster.(Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages

December 27, 2023
Family members of forced labor victims during the Japan's colonial period, arrive at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. South Korea’s top court ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labor, as it sided Thursday with its contentious 2018 verdicts that caused a huge setback in relations between the two countries. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean court orders Japanese firms to compensate more wartime Korean workers for forced labor

December 21, 2023
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, greets Indonesia's President Joko Widodo upon arrival for the opening session of ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit Meeting at the Hotel Okura Tokyo in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan and ASEAN bolster ties at a summit focused on security and economy amid tensions with China

December 17, 2023
Former Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has replaced four of his Cabinet ministers on Thursday in a bid to contain damages from a widening slush funds scandal that has shaken his governing party and his grip on power in it. Hayashi was appointed as chief cabinet secretary, replacing Hirokazu Matsuno, one of the ministers and officials who were caught up in the scandal. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Kishida replaces 4 ministers linked to slush funds scandal to contain damage to party

December 14, 2023
People walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in New York. Stocks drifted higher in afternoon trading Monday on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

From New York to Tokyo, stock markets around the world have rallied in 2023

December 14, 2023
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