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Number of 18-year-olds in Japan rises to 1.09 mil

Number of 18-year-olds in Japan rises to 1.09 mil

The number of 18-year-olds in Japan totaled 1.09 million as of Wednesday, a gove...

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Japan marks 1 year since powerful Noto quake; rebuilding remains slow

Japan marks 1 year since powerful Noto quake; rebuildin...

Japan on Wednesday marked one year since a powerful earthquake struck the Noto P...

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Japan PM Ishiba vows effort with opposition to pass key bills in 2025

Japan PM Ishiba vows effort with opposition to pass key...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday pledged in his New Y...

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Monkeys doze off by cozy bonfire in winter tradition at central Japan zoo

Monkeys doze off by cozy bonfire in winter tradition at...

INUYAMA, Aichi -- Visitors to a zoo in this central Japan city can see monkeys w...

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Japan marks 1 year since powerful Noto quake, rebuilding remains slow

Japan marks 1 year since powerful Noto quake, rebuildin...

KANAZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan on Wednesday marked one year since a powerful e...

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Nippon Steel promises no cuts to US Steel's output for 10 years

Nippon Steel promises no cuts to US Steel's output for ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Nippon Steel Corp. has promised it will not cut output cap...

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Japan rethinks tradition of New Year's cards as inflation persists

Japan rethinks tradition of New Year's cards as inflati...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A growing number of Japanese people appear to be breaking with ...

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Japan emperor calls for unity in 2025 in face of ongoing challenges

Japan emperor calls for unity in 2025 in face of ongoin...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his hope that people will w...

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The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities ar...

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Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died

Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers throu...

(AP) -- Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped g...

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US and Boeing investigators examine the site of a deadly South Korean plane crash

US and Boeing investigators examine the site of a deadl...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A team of U.S. investigators including representative...

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Chimps solve complex problems better when watched by audience: study

Chimps solve complex problems better when watched by au...

KYOTO (Kyodo) -- Chimpanzees are better able to solve complex exercises when the...

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Chinese ships spotted near Senkakus for record 355 days in 2024: Japan

Chinese ships spotted near Senkakus for record 355 days...

Chinese coast guard vessels were again spotted near the Japanese-controlled Senk...

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2 die in residential fire on New Year's Eve near Tokyo Skytree

2 die in residential fire on New Year's Eve near Tokyo ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two people died after a fire broke out in a residential area ne...

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Japan's 18-year-olds rise to 1.09 million, yet still 2nd lowest

Japan's 18-year-olds rise to 1.09 million, yet still 2n...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of 18-year-olds in Japan totaled 1.09 million as of ...

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Gymnastics: Down-to-earth Oka eyes bigger things after 3 Paris golds

Gymnastics: Down-to-earth Oka eyes bigger things after ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Shinnosuke Oka finds himself on a path that many can on...