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Snowboarding: Halfpipe icon Hirano sets sights on 2030 Olympics, beyond
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- After winning his first Winter Olympic gold medal four years ago, a seventh place finish this February in northern Italy ended snowbo
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Japan turns to stem cells as vets struggle with blood shortage for dogs
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Veterinary hospitals in Japan are struggling to secure enough blood for life-saving transfusions for dogs, prompting researchers to e
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Path to amendment uncertain 80 yrs after promulgation of Japan Constitution
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Nov. 3 marked 80 years since the promulgation of its postwar Constitution, with the path toward a first-ever amendment uncer
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Japanese novelist Dazai still strikes chord with young readers
KOFU (Kyodo) -- Nearly eight decades after Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai's death, his troubled characters and portrayals of human insecurity are strik
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Editorial: Japan's 2% inflation calls expansionary fiscal policy into question
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced that the nation's underlying inflation rate, which excludes temporary fluctuations, has reached its 2% target. I
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Japan's long-dormant Shikoku shinkansen plan gathers momentum
MATSUYAMA -- Plans for a shinkansen bullet train network in western Japan's Shikoku region, first drawn up more than half a century ago and dormant ev
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Suntory Holdings says personal data of around 100,000 people leaked
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Leading beverage manufacturer Suntory Holdings Ltd. on Monday joined a growing list of firms reporting personal data leaks, saying in
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Private high school facility fees nearly double in Japan: survey
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average facility fees paid by families of students entering private high schools in Japan in April nearly doubled from the previo
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Halloween crowd near Tokyo's Shibuya Station peaks at around 20,000
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 20,000 people gathered near Tokyo's busy Shibuya Station at the peak of Halloween celebrations around 9 p.m. Saturday amid tig
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Baseball: Over 10 MLB clubs to hold interview with high school star Oda
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 10 MLB clubs will interview Yokohama High School pitching star Shoki Oda, its team manager Hiroaki Murata said Monday.The 18-yea
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Cyberattack-hit GMO left system vulnerable for over 2 years
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- GMO Internet Group Inc. CEO Masatoshi Kumagai said Monday that the company had failed to adequately address a security vulnerability
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Japan’s newest female astronaut wants to speak Japanese on the moon
Ayu Yoneda, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's youngest astronaut, is mission-ready for her first flight.