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Japanese Dancer Teshigawara to Receive French Medal

Sumitomo Chem Starts Test Rooftop Lettuce Cultivation Project in Singapore

N. Korea Coming Close to Red Line: S. Korean Pres.

MLB: Darvish Starts for Dodgers for 1st Time at Dodger Stadium

Japan FY 2016 Child Abuse Cases Top 120,000 for 1st Time

US-N. Korea Talks Not to Take Place Immediately: US State Dept.

MLB: Yankees to Bring Tanaka Back to Games as Early as Tues.

Japan Enjoys Trade Surplus for 2nd Straight Month in July

Ukraine to Probe Alleged Supply of Ukrainian-Made ICBM Engine to N. Korea

Tokyo Stocks (Morning Close): Nikkei Average 19,713.62 (-15.66)

Tennis Men: Sugita Advances to R3 of W&S Open

Japan Ministers, US Adviser Agree to Prevent Unintended Event Involving N. Korea

MLB: Pinch Hitter Ichiro Sends Clutch Base Hit

Canada, Mexico Lock Horns with US at Just-Started NAFTA Renegotiations

Trump Dissolves Advisory Panels after Anti-White Supremacy Biz Chiefs Quit

Emperor, Empress Plan to Visit Rain-Hit Fukuoka, Oita in Oct., Yakushima in Nov.

Tennis Men: Nishikori to Skip All Remaining Games in Season Due to Wrist Injury

US Cuts 2017 Beef Exports Estimate Due to Japanese Safeguard

Trump Welcomes Kim Jong Un's "Wise" Decision to Put Missile Firing on Hold

Princess Mako's Informal Engagement to Be Announced Sept. 3 after Postponement

NY Stocks (Wednesday Closing): Dow 22,024.87 (+25.88); Nasdaq 6,345.11 (+12.10)

Japan to Propose Cruise Ship Tours around Russian-Held Pacific Islands

Baseball: Hanshin's Messenger Returns to US for Treatment of Broken Calf Bone

Tokyo Has 16 Consecutive Days of Rain, Its Longest Spell in 40 Days for August

Cerberus Sells All Seibu Holdings Shares after Over 11 Years of Investment

Maehara Gathers Support from Nearly 60% of DP Lawmakers in Party Leadership Race

MLB: Maeda, 11-4, to Make His Next Start for Dodgers on Sunday against Tigers

Tokyo Forex (5 P.M.): U.S. Dollar=110.86-87 Yen; Euro=1.1715-1717 Dollars

13 People Killed after Giant Tree Falls during Catholic Festival in Portugal

Seven-Eleven Japan Opens Convenience Store in Tokyo That Is 30% Larger in Space

US State Department Raps China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey for Religious Repression

Golf: Ex-Major Leaguer Hasegawa Fails to Qualify for Match Play at US Amateur

Obama's Response to Charlottesville Violence Becomes Most-Liked Tweet Ever

Japan NPO Holds Biz Contest in Gaza; Machine to Turn Waste into Fuel Wins Prize

High School Baseball: Moriokadai Fuzoku Beats Matsusho 6-3 at Koshien R2

Tokyo Stocks (Closing): Nikkei Average 19,729.28 (-24.03)

Japan Foreign, Defense Ministers Leave for US to Hold "2-plus-2" Meeting

MLB: Ichiro Sends Single as Pinch Hitter

Hayashi Kiemon, Kanze School Noh Actor, Dies of Cancer at 76

S. Korean Official Pins Hopes on North Shifting to Dialogue

Japan Soccer: J1 Kobe Sacks Coach Nelsinho for Poor Performance

Japan Govt to Help Small Firm Owners Transfer Biz to Next Generation

Tillerson Voices Continued US Interest in Talks with N. Korea

US Tennis Men: 46th-Ranking Sugita Beats 16th Ranker in W&S Open 1st Round

Humans Come to Australia 65,000 Yrs Ago, Earlier than Previously Thought: Study

US, Chine Forces Agree to Expand High-Level Dialogue to Prevent Unexpected Clash

Tokyo Stocks (Morning Close): Nikkei Average 19,756.77 (+3.46)

MLB: Yankees Chief Denies Tanaka's Return before Tues.

Ukraine Suggests Possibility of Russia Giving N. Korea Missile Engine

Soccer: Urawa Beats S. American Champ Chapecoense to Win Suruga Bank Title