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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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TOKYO -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied social media claims that Japan agreed to accept 100,000 workers from Bangladesh after Prime Minist
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TOKYO -- A Swiss-made luxury Audemars Piguet wristwatch worth 46 million yen (about $291,000) that was stolen from a store in Tokyo's Nakano Ward was
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TOKYO -- A new consumption tax exemption system for foreign visitors to Japan took effect Nov. 1. Under the new "refund system," travelers pay the tax
