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Editorial: LDP-JIP foot-dragging over corporate donations in Japan ignores public distrust

Editorial: LDP-JIP foot-dragging over corporate donatio...

The extraordinary session of the Diet has ended in Japan. Yet once again, no con...

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Japan to expand drone bans at selected sites as terror risk increases

Japan to expand drone bans at selected sites as terror ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's police agency said Thursday it plans to expand areas in...

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Japan-born Indian freedom fighter Asha awarded for helping foster ties

Japan-born Indian freedom fighter Asha awarded for help...

NEW DELHI (Kyodo) -- Japan-born Indian freedom fighter Asha Sahay, who died at a...

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Prosecutors demand life sentence for shooter of ex-Japan Prime Minister Abe

Prosecutors demand life sentence for shooter of ex-Japa...

NARA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors on Thursday sought life imprisonment for the ...

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Visitor arrivals in Japan grow 10.4% in Nov despite China travel warning

Visitor arrivals in Japan grow 10.4% in Nov despite Chi...

The ongoing diplomatic rift between Japan and China has had ‌a muted impact on o...

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Nagano lodging facility rebuked for denying Israeli firm's reservation

Nagano lodging facility rebuked for denying Israeli fir...

A lodging facility in a popular snow resort in central Japan has been reprimande...

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Tokyo rises to 2nd in global city attractiveness ranking for first time

Tokyo rises to 2nd in global city attractiveness rankin...

Tokyo rose to second among 48 major cities worldwide in overall attractiveness f...

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Tokyo stocks end mixed on uncertain prospects of US economy

Tokyo stocks end mixed on uncertain prospects of US eco...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Wednesday following directionless trad...

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Kidnapped, married off, robbed of hope: US aid cuts contribute to exploitation of Rohingya children

Kidnapped, married off, robbed of hope: US aid cuts con...

UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) -- In moments when she is alone, when there is a break i...

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Japanese scientist hopes ice cores can help save glaciers

Japanese scientist hopes ice cores can help save glaciers

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped ...

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Japan PM Takaichi reflects on Taiwan crisis remarks, but offers no retraction

Japan PM Takaichi reflects on Taiwan crisis remarks, bu...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated Dec. 16 that she had reflected on ...

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Japan ruling bloc to delay enactment of bill to cut Diet seats until 2026

Japan ruling bloc to delay enactment of bill to cut Die...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Leaders of Japan's ruling bloc gave up hopes Tuesday of securin...

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Japan logs 1st trade surplus in 5 months in Nov., US exports rebound

Japan logs 1st trade surplus in 5 months in Nov., US ex...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan logged the first trade surplus in five months in November...

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US troops secretly moved dummy nuclear bombs to Okinawa in 1971: archive

US troops secretly moved dummy nuclear bombs to Okinawa...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. forces in Japan secretly transferred dummy nuclear bombs t...

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Japan's MUFG appoints banking arm head Hanzawa as group president

Japan's MUFG appoints banking arm head Hanzawa as group...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it wil...

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Ex-mayor of Japan's Maebashi who quit over 'love hotel' rendezvous to run again

Ex-mayor of Japan's Maebashi who quit over 'love hotel'...

MAEBASHI -- The former mayor of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, who resigned over a ...