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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
schools
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
safety
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
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Trump voiced concern about yen weakness in talks with PM Takaichi: Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump expressed concern about the yen's weakness during recent talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaich
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Japanese astronaut Suwa to head to ISS as early as spring 2027: NASA
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa will head to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX craft as early as next spring, the Nat
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Imperial couple to visit quake-hit Kumamoto next Tues.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will make a one-day trip to Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan next week to visit areas de
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JR West to display retiring Doctor Yellow inspection train in Hiroshima Pref.
HIROSHIMA -- West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) will display a car from its Doctor Yellow shinkansen track inspection train, set to retire in January 20
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5 prefectures, 6 major cities in Japan want 'secondary capital' status: Mainichi survey
OSAKA -- A total of 11 local governments, comprising five prefectures and six ordinance-designated cities, are seeking designation as a "secondary cap
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Biggest taro stew festival takes place in Yamagata
"Japan's biggest 'imoni' taro stew festival" was held in the city of Yamagata on September 20. Imoni is a popular dish in Yamagata Prefecture in autum