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Japan's Toto launches smart toilet that scans, analyzes stool

Japan's Toto launches smart toilet that scans, analyzes...

FUKUOKA -- Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. is this August releasing a home-use t...

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Editorial: China's murky sentencing of Japanese man on spy charge stifles business activity

Editorial: China's murky sentencing of Japanese man on ...

A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. who was detained in Beijing and char...

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Local gov't ordered to pay damages to acquitted ex-assistant nurse

Local gov't ordered to pay damages to acquitted ex-assi...

OTSU (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Thursday ordered a local government to pay a...

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Hiroshima reveals vault containing unclaimed ashes of A-bomb victims for 1st time in decade

Hiroshima reveals vault containing unclaimed ashes of A...

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima Municipal Government on July 16 opened to the media t...

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Japan sees record 22 mil foreign visitors in 1st half of 2025

Japan sees record 22 mil foreign visitors in 1st half o...

Japan saw a record 21.5 million foreign visitors in the first half of 2025, gove...

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Japan discards state-acquired COVID-19 drugs worth ¥240 billion

Japan discards state-acquired COVID-19 drugs worth ¥240...

The government discarded COVID-19 oral medicines believed to be worth around 240...