Popular stories on a news site were ranked based on reader interest. A list was compiled of the top stories, published over a recent period.
These stories were made available to the public between September 5 and 13. The ranking is from most read to least.
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business
TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court ordered a ramen shop operator based in the Japanese capital on Sept. 11 to pay about 1 million yen (approx. $6,570)
Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Lviv, a city in western Ukraine about 70 kilometers from the Polish border, is known as Ukraine's cultural capital and has long been
Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Monday sentenced an architect and a former official of a Tokyo medical university to two-and-a-half years in pris
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KOFU, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture has decided to start charging climbers for rescue operations by its disaster prevention helicopter
government
NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Okinawa's election board said Genta Koja, who won Sunday's gubernatorial election against incumbent Denny Tamaki, received more
government
TOKYO -- Voters in Okinawa's gubernatorial election over the weekend placed greater priority on boosting the economy than on the issue of relocating a
News
MUNICH (Kyodo) -- A Japanese string quartet won third place at the ARD International Music Competition, one of the world's most celebrated competition
News
KESENNUMA, Miyagi -- Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, visited a local museum preserving ruins from the March 11, 2011, Great East J
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KYIV (Kyodo) -- Japanese lawmaker Eisuke Mori arrived in Kyiv on Monday, marking the first trip by the country's House of Representatives speaker to U
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at its lowest level in a month and a half as remarks by top executives of major U.S. artificial intellig
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East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on September 8 unveiled three candidates to replace the "Penguin," the mascot of the "Suica" IC card used for trains
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Kyodo) -- Japan midfielder Kodai Sano scored his first goal for PSV Eindhoven on Sunday in their home 4-1 comeback win over Sp
