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OSAKA -- Children and young people in Japan are increasingly becoming concerned about their appearance, with some experts citing the influence of soci
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Takaichi ICC stance shows restraints on Japan dealings with Trump's US
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's indirect defense of the International Criminal Court in her U.N. General Assembly debut expo
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Death toll from Typhoon Dujuan rises to 11 in eastern Japan
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan, which barreled by eastern Japan earlier this week, rose to 11 on Thursday, local authoriti
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Editorial: Japan must curb spread of false info on social media during elections
False and misleading information and defamatory attacks on social media during elections in Japan are becoming an increasingly serious problem. Rather
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Twin Towers architect's granddaughter recalls legacy 25 years after 9/11
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- When Katie Yamasaki looks at the New York skyline, she still misses the Twin Towers designed by her grandfather, Japanese-American
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Leasehold condominiums draw attention in Tokyo as housing costs soar
TOKYO -- Rising land prices and soaring condominium costs are drawing growing attention to fixed-term leasehold condominiums in Tokyo, which allow res
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Tokyo stocks rise in morning on dividend-driven buying, weakening yen
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning, buoyed by dividend-driven buying, while weakening yen supported investor sentiment amid a lack of f
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Another typhoon approaching Japan from south of Okinawa
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Another typhoon was moving closer to Japan from south of Okinawa on Thursday, just days after Typhoon Dujuan wreaked havoc in areas n
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Asian Games: Japan beats China to claim men's team table tennis gold
TOYOTA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan defeated China in the men's team table tennis final Thursday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, clinching its first gold
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Foreign students outnumber high school slots in Tokyo, 3 prefs.
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Applications for special admission quotas at public high schools for students with foreign backgrounds exceeded the numbers available
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Japan police seek law revision to remotely access crime rings' phones
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's national police will seek legal changes to allow investigators to remotely surveil smartphones used by crime ring members who
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Office vacancy rate in central Tokyo falls to post-COVID low
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The vacancy rate of offices in central Tokyo has fallen to the 1 percent range, the lowest since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemi