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Nago mayor lodges protest after U.S. Marine chopper lands on baseball field

Nago mayor lodges protest after U.S. Marine chopper lan...

Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi lodged a protest with the central government on Mond...

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Japan prepares for deployment of its first home-developed long-range missile

Japan prepares for deployment of its first home-develop...

Japan is preparing to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-rang...

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As Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-powered future

As Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-po...

Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struc...

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China's top diplomat urges Japan not to repeat militarist past

China's top diplomat urges Japan not to repeat militari...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China's top diplomat Wang Yi urged Japan on Sunday not to rep...

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Unification Church files special appeal to Japan's top court on dissolution

Unification Church files special appeal to Japan's top ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Unification Church on Monday filed a special appeal with Ja...

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Japan considers abolishing face-to-face immigration checks amid tourism surge

Japan considers abolishing face-to-face immigration che...

The Japanese government is moving to abolish with the need for most foreign tour...

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Japanese in Middle East evacuated amid U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran

Japanese in Middle East evacuated amid U.S.-Israeli con...

Over 100 Japanese people and other nationals who evacuated amid the escalating c...

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Over 85% worry about impact of worsening Middle East conflict: Kyodo poll

Over 85% worry about impact of worsening Middle East co...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 85 percent of respondents were concerned about the impact ...

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Japan logs current account surplus for 12th month in Jan. on China exports

Japan logs current account surplus for 12th month in Ja...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan posted a current account surplus of 941.6 billion yen ($5...

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Nikkei stock index sinks over 7%, falls below 52,000 after crude oil surges

Nikkei stock index sinks over 7%, falls below 52,000 af...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index briefly plunged over 7 percent Monday mo...

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Tarik Skubal rethinks World Baseball Classic plan after an emotional US start

Tarik Skubal rethinks World Baseball Classic plan after...

HOUSTON (AP) -- Tarik Skubal is thinking about pitching again for the United Sta...

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East Japan school looks to investigate 2022 student slashing incident

East Japan school looks to investigate 2022 student sla...

SAITAMA -- In 2022, a third-year student at Saitama Prefectural Ina Gakuen Junio...

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What China's latest economic plans say about its tech ambitions and rivalry with the US

What China's latest economic plans say about its tech a...

EIJING (AP) -- Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China'...

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Japan transports long-range missile launcher to Kumamoto for deployment

Japan transports long-range missile launcher to Kumamot...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Ground Self-Defense Force transported early Monda...

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Easy Japanese news in translation: Unique graduation event takes place in Gifu Prefecture

Easy Japanese news in translation: Unique graduation ev...

The graduation event "Hakusen Nagashi" was held at the prefectural Hida High Sch...

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Paralympics: Japan's snowboarder Kosuda bungles medal in chaotic final

Paralympics: Japan's snowboarder Kosuda bungles medal i...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Kyodo) -- Japan's top para snowboarder Junta Kosuda le...