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3rd gen Japanese Peruvian questions election policies on foreign nationals

3rd gen Japanese Peruvian questions election policies o...

ISESAKI, Gunma -- With the population of foreign residents in Japan now reaching...

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Easy Japanese news in translation: Lavender in full bloom at flower park in Oita Prefecture

Easy Japanese news in translation: Lavender in full blo...

Lavender are now at their best at Kuju Flower Park in the city of Taketa, Oita P...

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Swimming: Open water racer Kajimoto wins Japan's 1st medal at worlds

Swimming: Open water racer Kajimoto wins Japan's 1st me...

SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- Ichika Kajimoto won Japan's first medal of the world aquati...

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Disney sues Hong Kong company it says is selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry

Disney sues Hong Kong company it says is selling illega...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry co...

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Japan's trade surplus shrinks 31% in June as exports to US plunge

Japan's trade surplus shrinks 31% in June as exports to...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's trade surplus in June shrank 30.8 percent from a year e...

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A crowd surge at an aid site in Gaza run by an Israeli-backed group kills 20 Palestinians

A crowd surge at an aid site in Gaza run by an Israeli-...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution ...

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Couche-Tard drops $47 bil. bid to buy Seven-Eleven parent company

Couche-Tard drops $47 bil. bid to buy Seven-Eleven pare...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said Thursday i...

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No wins in 2 prestigious Japanese literary awards, 1st in 27 yrs

No wins in 2 prestigious Japanese literary awards, 1st ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The organizer of two prestigious Japanese literary awards on We...

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Sapporo couple arrested for allegedly leaving 3 children home alone for hours

Sapporo couple arrested for allegedly leaving 3 childre...

SAPPORO -- A couple who allegedly left their three young children unattended at ...

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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...