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Editorial: Japan edges toward suppressing dissent as flag-desecration law nears

Editorial: Japan edges toward suppressing dissent as fl...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Nippo...

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Student who waved crossed-out Japanese flag fears passage of vague desecration law

Student who waved crossed-out Japanese flag fears passa...

TOKYO -- An amendment to Japan's Penal Code to introduce the crime of damaging t...

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Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing

Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People tu...

HONOLULU (AP) -- Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have lon...

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Student formula car design competition helps shape future engineers in Japan

Student formula car design competition helps shape futu...

KOBE (Kyodo) -- A collegiate manufacturing and design competition for small-scal...

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Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu pleads guilty to cannabis possession

Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu pleads guilty to cannabis...

TOKYO -- Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu admitted to having cannabis at his home d...

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Japan logs record current account surplus for October, up 15.5%

Japan logs record current account surplus for October, ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's current account surplus in October grew 15.5 percent fr...

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Japan July-Sept. GDP revised down, first drop in 6 qtrs on weak investment

Japan July-Sept. GDP revised down, first drop in 6 qtrs...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 2.3 percent in the Ju...

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Japan denies China's claim interference led to radar lock on SDF fighters

Japan denies China's claim interference led to radar lo...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo on Monday dismissed as "baseless" Beijing's claim that in...

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Trump says Zelenskyy 'isn't ready' yet to accept US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war

Trump says Zelenskyy 'isn't ready' yet to accept US-aut...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian Preside...

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New multilingual sign near Nara Park urges visitors against 'teasing deer with crackers'

New multilingual sign near Nara Park urges visitors aga...

NARA -- A large sign displaying proper etiquette for inbound foreign tourists to...

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Emperor's 1998 visit to Britain seen as 'conciliatory' amid POW protests

Emperor's 1998 visit to Britain seen as 'conciliatory' ...

LONDON (Kyodo) -- Britain viewed Emperor Akihito's first state visit to Britain ...

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Easy Japanese news in translation: Sacred rope making begins at temple in Chiba Prefecture

Easy Japanese news in translation: Sacred rope making b...

At Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture, work is u...

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Tree-killing disease spreading rapidly across Hokkaido

Tree-killing disease spreading rapidly across Hokkaido

Oak wilt, a lethal tree disease in which species such as Mizunara and Kashiwa oa...

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Japan’s EF English Proficiency Index rank drops for 11th straight year

Japan’s EF English Proficiency Index rank drops for 11t...

Every year EF Education First, a Switzerland-based company that provides languag...

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Chinese jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan says

Chinese jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese ai...

Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had directed fire-control radar a...

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Hegseth defends US strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force 'as he sees fit'

Hegseth defends US strikes on alleged cartel boats, say...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended strikes on alleged dr...