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Top court nixes Okinawa Pref.'s last appeal over US base landfill

Top court nixes Okinawa Pref.'s last appeal over US bas...

NAHA (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that Japan's Supreme Court has no...

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Japan's top court rejects lawsuit over enshrinement of S. Korean man at Yasukuni Shrine

Japan's top court rejects lawsuit over enshrinement of ...

TOKYO -- The Supreme Court on Jan. 17 dismissed a bereaved family's lawsuit dema...

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Japan's space agency to develop program that estimates quake damage

Japan's space agency to develop program that estimates ...

Japan's space agency signed an agreement on Friday with Kumamoto Prefecture to r...

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Japan gov't starts process to compensate forced sterilization victims

Japan gov't starts process to compensate forced sterili...

The Japanese government started a process Friday to compensate victims of forced...

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Fuji TV apologizes for concern over Japan TV host Nakai's sex scandal

Fuji TV apologizes for concern over Japan TV host Nakai...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The president of Fuji Television Network Inc. apologized Friday...

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Football: Mitoma ties Okazaki for most goals by Japanese in Premier League

Football: Mitoma ties Okazaki for most goals by Japanes...

IPSWICH, England (Kyodo) -- Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma on Thursday tied with f...

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Sumo: Terunofuji ends run of active foreign-born yokozuna since 1993

Sumo: Terunofuji ends run of active foreign-born yokozu...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Terunofuji's retirement on Friday left sumo with no ac...

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Japan minister keen to build trust with Trump gov't during US visit

Japan minister keen to build trust with Trump gov't dur...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Friday that h...

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Sumo: Oho keeps share of lead as Terunofuji's retirement casts shadow

Sumo: Oho keeps share of lead as Terunofuji's retiremen...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Joint overnight leader Oho reeled off another high-caliber vict...

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Tennis: Osaka retires hurt in Australian Open 3rd round

Tennis: Osaka retires hurt in Australian Open 3rd round

MELBOURNE (Kyodo) -- Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka retired from her Australian ...

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Toyota mulls revamp in domestic production to address disaster risks

Toyota mulls revamp in domestic production to address d...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is considering shifting some production at i...

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay $2.6K for violating inmate's privacy with camera in cell

Osaka court orders gov't to pay $2.6K for violating inm...

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Jan. 16 ordered the Japanese government to ...

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Easy Japanese news in translation: Shelducks migrate to Fukuoka tidal flats to spend winter

Easy Japanese news in translation: Shelducks migrate to...

A flock of winter migratory birds called tsukushigamo (common shelducks) have be...

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S. Korean investigators to request arrest warrant on Yoon

S. Korean investigators to request arrest warrant on Yoon

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korean investigators plan to request an arrest warrant fo...

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Trump offered a bountiful batch of campaign promises that come due on Day 1

Trump offered a bountiful batch of campaign promises th...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After Donald Trump becomes president again on Monday, he is o...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special representative to Trump's inauguration

Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special repres...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect ...