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Mission accomplished: Yuichiro Miura and his son, Gota, pose for a photo with a flag after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will next week gobble millions of dollars when he takes a huge entourage of more than 50 government officials to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development from June 1 to 3, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.

MR. RICE: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this regular press briefing on behalf of the International Monetary Fund.

A woman takes a picture of blooming cherry blossoms in Ueno Park in Tokyo, in March.

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At a time when right-wing Japanese politicians are making reckless, history-distorting remarks on a daily basis, it is refreshing to hear that a group of Japanese intellectuals is visiting Korea to set history straight.

The operator of Tokyo Skytree is considering issuing annual observatory entrance passes, Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., said in an interview.

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013 file photo, money traders work under screens indicating the U.S. dollar rate against the Japanese yen at a foreign exchange company in Tokyo.

The war clouds over the Korean peninsula are darkening perceptibly in the wake of US Secretary of State John Kerry's official visits to Tokyo and Seoul last month.

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South Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II lead an anti-Japanese protest by about 50 activists outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul on 11 April 2001.

The South Korean ambassador to Japan slams Toru Hashimoto for his remarks justifying Japan's wartime sex slave system, saying the Osaka mayor lacks historical knowledge and regard for the rights of women.

When Heidi Klum and Gisele Bundchen board their private jets, they're not headed for your local watering hole in Fayetteville.

If we were to tell you that American Airlines only just began flying to Seoul, you'd probably say "what, they weren't flying there already?!" As crazy as it seems, it's the truth.

Within reach: An official at Mation Inc., which offers wedding services at a low cost, looks at a wedding dress at its showroom in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward last month.

At long last, warm weather has arrived, which means more playtime in Tokyo's parks - from your scrappy, local patch of dirt to the manicured opulence of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.

MACHI, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn welcomed the yen's recent decline to what he called "neutral" levels for the Japanese automaker's profitability, but said Tuesday it must drop further to be "normal." "The abnormal situation of the yen is hopefully something of the past," he told reporters at the roll-off ceremony for a new ... (more)

In case you missed this news last week, American Airlines launched its newest route to Asia with daily nonstop service between Seoul's Incheon International Airport and its biggest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth.

For singer Eva Miklas Takamine, who also has been head of the Czech Center in Tokyo since March, singing both Czech and Japanese songs is a way of expressing her identity.

The technologically advanced hangers are developed by a Japanese multifunctional online service company, TeamLab Inc.