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The year's heat continues to linger on, but autumn harvests are coming in, and Hokkaido wants you to know about their newest batch of sweet corn.

BEPPU, Oita -- A woman found strangled in a mountain region here has been identified as a 28-year-old nurse from Kobe, police said.

Japanese researchers have pinpointed a gene that makes Japanese people more susceptible than Westerners to type 2 diabetes.

HIDAKA, Saitama -- A young boy drowned and an infant girl is in a coma after an accident at a river here on Sept. 5.

The government is set to introduce a new program that will encourage more students to study abroad by giving them financial assistance to stay overseas for a short period of time, it has been learned.

Princess Aiko was not present for the opening ceremony of her school's second semester on Sept. 6.

The results of gene analysis have shown that an Asian black bear found in Kyushu's Oita Prefecture over 20 years ago, and believed to be the region's last, was originally from Honshu, Japan's main island, it has been learned.

Some 6,000 Pacific saury were cooked up and served for free at a festival in Tokyo over the weekend, in spite of poor catches that have resulted in soaring prices.

A patient at a hospital in Tochigi Prefecture was infected with a new antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria found in India and Pakistan, it has been learned.

YAMAGATA -- Visitors from inside and outside the prefecture flocked to a huge stew festival in the city of Yamagata on Sept.

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi -- Police in Tochigi Prefecture accidentally handed over a wrong body to bereaved family members, who had already cremated the body by the time police realized the mistake and contacted them, law enforcers announced on Sept.

The ongoing election campaign for the post of Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) president is a struggle for power that has, at its core, the issue of whether former Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa can be rehabilitated.

a hoot owlbreaks the silencehairy moon--Jose del Valle (Rockville, RI, USA)

minahitono hirunenotaneya akinotsuki--The cause of all men's midday naps--The autumn moon.

A person thinks they are supposed to have depression, but for some reason also finds themselves getting highly irritated and frustrated.

A bridge made of recycled fire hoses in Borneo links endangered orangutans' habitats, which have been destroyed and fragmented due to deforestation.

Two Japanese men have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department and charged with stealing motorcycles and scooters for the purpose of selling to a Ghanaian scrap dealer suspected to be part of a smuggling operation sending the bikes to Africa.

WAKAYAMA -- A university aquarium here is housing an unusual specimen that visitors have welcomed with curiosity -- a white eel.

HAKONE, Kanagawa -- Amid the yen's continuing appreciation, a resort hotel here has announced a unique accommodation plan, in which the stronger the yen gets, the cheaper guest rooms become.

New condominiums equipped to protect residents during earthquakes and other natural disasters are starting to appear in major cities across Japan.