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Japan astronomers launch group to look for aliens

Japan astronomers launch group to look for aliens

Astronomers in Japan have recently launched what they say is the country's first...

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13 injured in head-on crash in western Japan

13 injured in head-on crash in western Japan

More than a dozen people, including 10 junior high school students, were injured...

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Wildfire in northeast Japan under control after burning 1,633 hectares in 11 days

Wildfire in northeast Japan under control after burning...

A wildfire in northeastern Japan came under control after 11 days, scorching 1,6...

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Kyoto temples introduce cashless service to protect religious freedom

Kyoto temples introduce cashless service to protect rel...

A group of Buddhist temples in Kyoto Prefecture launched a cashless payment serv...

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Students from struggling high school in Chiba Pref. accepted at Tokyo and Kyoto Univ.

Students from struggling high school in Chiba Pref. acc...

TATEYAMA, Chiba -- Students from a public high school that has been falling shor...

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Retro Japan: Lush greenery, soothing stream create calm at suburban Tokyo welfare facility

Retro Japan: Lush greenery, soothing stream create calm...

TOKYO -- The main building of Takinogawa Gakuen, a welfare facility for children...

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President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war

President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian prop...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he wa...

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Japan foreign minister urges Iran 'flexibility' amid US-Iran standoff

Japan foreign minister urges Iran 'flexibility' amid US...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's foreign minister urged Iran to show "flexibility" durin...

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1st major renovation planned for Japan's 90-yr-old parliament building

1st major renovation planned for Japan's 90-yr-old parl...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's iconic legislative building in the heart of the capital...

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Japan awakens to Radio Taiso exercise tradition. One face of the country's longevity

Japan awakens to Radio Taiso exercise tradition. One fa...

TOKYO (AP) -- This is how Japan wakes up. It's called Radio Taiso -- Exercise Ra...

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Religious donations in Japan slipping through political funding loophole

Religious donations in Japan slipping through political...

In the world of Japanese political funding, large donations from religious corpo...

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Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany 'a lot further' than withdrawal of 5,000

Trump says US will reduce number of troops in Germany '...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the U...

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Japan astronomers launch group to look for aliens, radio observations eyed

Japan astronomers launch group to look for aliens, radi...

KOBE (Kyodo) -- Astronomers in Japan have recently launched what they say is the...

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Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after a health crisis in prison

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized af...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has...

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Travel rush underway at start of 5-day stretch in Golden Week holidays

Travel rush underway at start of 5-day stretch in Golde...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Roads, train stations and airports in Japan were congested Satu...

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AI completes late artist's unfinished sketch of lost Hiketa Castle in west Japan city

AI completes late artist's unfinished sketch of lost Hi...

HIGASHIKAGAWA, Kagawa -- A visual reconstruction of the now defunct Hiketa Castl...