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TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture ministry wants food companies to put ingredient lists in English and other languages on their products. This will help more foreign tourists and make it easier to sell ...

TOKYO -- Famous Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani is in many new school textbooks. The textbooks will be for first-year high school students from the 2026 school year. Read the full English ...