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Security personnel detain Tetsuya Yamagami near the site where Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara, Japan, on July 8. (Asahi Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images)Police have launched a murder investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime…

(CNN) — Every spring, crowds flock to admire Japan's cherry blossom -- a dazzling pink and white bloom that has been revered in the country for more than a thousand years. But the world-famous sakura plants are flowering much earlier…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2KVUofoLASubscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Instead of Earthworm Jim 2, Japan has received the original Harvest Moon game this month. This farming RPG was first released on the Super Famicom in 1996…

TOKYO — Two big names in Japanese electronics and autos are joining forces to produce an electric vehicle together.Sony Group Corp. and Honda Motor Co. agreed to set up a joint venture this year to start selling an electric vehicle by…

Image: NintendoAhead of the 3DS and Wii U eShop closure, Nintendo's website has rounded up the top 15 best-selling games on the 3DS eShop in Japan from 2011 through to 2020. Monster Hunter, Pokémon and Animal Crossing have frequently…

Image: The Pokémon CompanyThere's not much longer to go now until the launch of Pokémon Legends: Arceus on the Switch. Although we're nearly there, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are still blasting us with daily videos. Today's clip…

By about 2016, the American arcade importation scene was professionalizing—or more accurately, de-amateurizing. The task of networking with Japanese distributors, orchestrating shipping containers, and fixing up broken cabinets, combined…

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Analysis Japan's ultimate insider faces test navigating US-China feud TOKYO (Tribune News Service) — A picture of U.S. President Donald Trump beams down from the…

Speaking to reporters, Hiroshige Seko, a senior executive with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said the prime minister had expressed his intention to resign to party officials. A government aide told CNN that they had also been…