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School in Japan's Nagoya meets parents after scrapping annual class photos
NAGOYA -- A municipal elementary school here held its first meeting for parents on the night of Oct. 19 after abolishing annual class photos, revealin
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Japan researchers uncover how dwarf reed snakes roll at high speed to escape predators
TOKYO -- Dwarf reed snakes, found in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, display an unusual escape behavior when they encounter a threat: They form their bo
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Japan makes ED drugs easier to buy as men face sex-related fears
TOKYO -- Drugstores across Japan began selling an over-the-counter erectile dysfunction (ED) medication in late August, making treatment easier to obt
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Asian Para Games: Boccia bronze stirs emotions for Takahashi at injury site
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kazuki Takahashi became emotional after winning bronze in the men's individual BC3 boccia event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Pa
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Asian Para Games: Japan racers sweep podium, pay tribute to dead teammate
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Wheelchair racer Tomoki Sato led a Japanese podium sweep in the men's 100-meter T51/T52 final Wednesday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Pa
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Foreign visitors' spending in Japan hits record 7 tril. yen in Jan.-Sept
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Spending by foreign visitors to Japan hit a record 7.06 trillion yen ($45 billion) in the nine months through September, the Japan To
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Emergency flood warning issued for river in Akita, northeast Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency on Wednesday issued a special flood warning, the highest level of its kind, for the Koyoshi River in the north
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Japanese garbage collectors experimentally use e-scooters during work
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Garbage collectors in a Japanese city on Wednesday began riding electric kick scooters to move around collection sites on a trial
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Patient recovering well after iPS heart sheet surgery in Japan
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A woman treated for severe heart failure with a cardiac muscle sheet derived from induced pluripotent stem cells is recovering well a
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Japan records latest-ever 30 C October hot day
Warm air associated with a high-pressure system spread over eastern and western Japan, pushing temperatures higher along the Pacific coast on Oct. 21.
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Editorial: 1 yr into office, PM Takaichi's go-it-alone style is widening Japan's divisions
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked one year in office on Oct. 21. She set sail from the dire position of a ruling bloc that lacked a majorit
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Tokyo stocks up on SpaceX results but shy ahead of earnings releases
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday after U.S. company SpaceX released robust earnings results, although gains were limited compared with rec