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Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like ...

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This photo shows an aging set of traffic lights in Yokohama on March 31, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 24 percent of Japan's traffic lights in fiscal 2023 were recognized as being past ...

Around 24 percent of Japan's traffic lights in fiscal 2023 were recognized as being past their replacement date, the National Police Agency said Wednesday, raising fears of serious accidents from ...

A Japan Airlines aircraft was forced to abort takeoff after likely mistaking runway lights for the centre line and hitting some of them. Flight JAL377 carrying 80 passengers began its takeoff at ...

A Japan Airlines Boeing 737-800 operating a domestic flight within Japan reportedly lined up with the runway edge lights in error, causing damage to the lighting and leading to an aborted take-off.