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BERLIN/TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Germany and Japan have agreed to hold defense minister-level talks soon to discuss the European country's possible participati
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BERLIN/TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Germany and Japan have agreed to hold defense minister-level talks soon to discuss the European country's possible participati

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan is expected to conclude that underlying inflation has effectively reached its 2 percent target during a two-day pol
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One would never imagine that an expired driver's license could be improperly diverted by the police in Japan. Such misuse constitutes a serious violat
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's government asked telecommunications companies to block access to a website carrying purported customer information stolen fro
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced internationally renowned pianist Kyohei Sorita to 3 months in prison, suspended for 2 years, f
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TOKYO -- A 39-year-old company executive has been arrested on suspicion of helping a Chinese national obtain a "highly skilled professional" work visa
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KOROR, Palau (Kyodo) -- A Japanese-led glassware brand using discarded bottles has become one of Palau's signature local products, winning over enviro
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A former investigator who worked for a prefectural police force in western Japan has told the Mainichi Shimbun that police there also misused invalida
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TOKYO -- A group of 13 Tokyo residents who do not own smartphones or Japan's My Number identification cards sued the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in
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TOKYO/SEOUL (Kyodo) -- North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, the South Korean
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Thursday morning, as concerns over the growth prospects of artificial intelligence eased, while elevated crud
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has introduced an AI-powered welding robot at a dedicated plant in central Japan that produces
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