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Nissan tells Honda it intends to end merger talks: source KYODO Fri, 02/07/2025 - 03:53

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Nissan Motor Co. conveyed its intent to terminate merger talks with Honda Motor Co.

Facial recognition gates set to debut for Narita airport train trips

An official demonstrates facial recognition using a tablet device at a ticket gate in Keisei-Ueno Station in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2025. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Facial recognition ticket gates will be introduced Friday for some Keisei Electric Railway Co.

Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki attends a press conference in Seattle on Jan. 21, 2025, after it was announced earlier in the day that he had become the first Asian player to be inducted into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame. (Kyodo)

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 Kyodo - Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became the first Asian player elected to the U.S.

Japan marks 30 years since Kobe quake that killed over 6,400

People pray as they observe a moment of silence in Kobe in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people. (Kyodo)

KOBE, Jan.

Foreign visitors to Japan, their spending, hit record high in 2024

Tourists pose for photographs in front of the Senso-ji temple's Kaminari-mon gate in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Jan. 15, 2025. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

Kyoto to hike lodging tax, set maximum rate at 10,000 yen per night

KYOTO, Jan.

Kyoto to hike lodging tax, set maximum rate at 10,000 yen per night

KYOTO, Jan.

Japan PM travels to Malaysia, Indonesia for summit talks

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) and his wife, Yoshiko, arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Jan. 9, 2025. (Kyodo)

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan.

Kyoto eyes raising city lodging tax to up to 10,000 yen per night

Japanese woman, world's oldest person at 116, dies

Tomiko Itooka is pictured in May 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Ashiya municipal government)(Kyodo)

KOBE, Jan.

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