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Sightseeing bus serving conveyor-belt sushi to launch in Tokyo
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Conveyor-belt sushi is hitting the road in Tokyo, with tours aboard a double-decker sightseeing bus set to begin Saturday.The Sushi B
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Japan foster care outreach faces rethink after stark awareness survey
OSAKA -- Japan's foster care system offers homes to children who cannot live with their parents due to financial hardship, neglect or other circumstan
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Bookoff, JR East each report 6 mil. customer records leak in newest breach
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese second-hand goods retailer Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd. and East Japan Railway Co. on Friday became the latest companies to a
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Eel on the menu at Japan's Vatican embassy amid trade regulation debate
ROMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's embassy in the Vatican City held an event Thursday to introduce the Japanese method of cooking eel to envoys from various coun
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Sado crested ibis spotted over 300 km from release site for 1st time
NIIGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Environment Ministry on Friday confirmed sightings of an endangered crested ibis over 300 kilometers away from Sado
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Japan protests Russia's extradition requests for ICC president Tomoko Akane and 8 other court staff
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Friday slammed Russia's request that the Netherlands extradite the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese na
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JR Kyushu lines fully restored 74 days after Kumamoto quake in late July
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- JR Kyushu's train lines were fully restored Saturday, 74 days after the devastating July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefectu
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Japan seeks info from Russia after Irkutsk anti-plague lab worker dies
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has asked Russia to provide information following the death of a worker at an anti-plague institute in Irkutsk from pneumonia l
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Int'l journal lauds 1993 paper by researchers at Japan's Ehime Univ. as 'milestone'
MATSUYAMA -- A 1993 scientific paper by researchers at Ehime University in western Japan on the global spread of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
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'Rediscovered' Osamu Tezuka manga tackles discrimination against Korean residents in Japan
TOKYO -- A reissued edition of "Nagai Ana" (The Long Cave), a manga first published in 1970 by Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), has enjoyed unexpected popula
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Maids at Tokyo cafe ramp up efforts to attract foreign visitors
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- At a cafe in Tokyo's famed Akihabara district, "maids" are increasingly learning to accommodate foreign visitors by studying English