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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's 11-year-old Yuki Kurihara, the youngest member of the national delegation, won the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games puzzle final on
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The Mainichi News Quiz: What are the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games organizers so sorry for?
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 26 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did the Aichi-Nag
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False claims alleging theft by foreigners in Japan spread on social media
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Videos falsely portraying foreigners as stealing metal from railway tracks in Japan have spread widely on the country's social media,
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Japan, US finance chiefs share concern over 'undervalued yen'
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday she held online talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, during which
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'Grandchild leave' spreading in Japan as working grandparents help with child care
TOKYO -- Companies and local governments in Japan are increasingly introducing "grandchild leave," which can be used to prepare for the birth of a gra
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Japan-US drill to start October to involve Japan's long-range missiles
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A major Japan-U.S. joint drill to start in October is expected to involve the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's long-range missile
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Japan's 'Chanson Monk' uses song, sutras to spread message of peace
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- French chanson and Buddhist sutras may seem an unlikely combination, but for 87-year-old priest Miruo Nakano, they have become a way
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Drug-smuggling cases in Japan linked to shady gigs worldwide
TOKYO -- Foreigners are increasingly being caught attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into Japan. The cases involve stimulants, marijuana and etomidat
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Isabella Bird's 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan': Kinugawa's beauty and a flea-ridden inn (Pt. 11)
Having obtained ample rest and gathered information in Nikko, Isabella Bird finally set out for the "unexplored interior" on June 24, 1878. From this
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Father held for throwing 2 kids off 6th-floor balcony in central Japan
GIFU (Kyodo) -- A 25-year-old man was arrested on the spot on Saturday for allegedly throwing his two daughters off the balcony of his sixth-floor apa
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Japanese fiction boom looks set to endure, experts say
LONDON (Kyodo) -- An unusual mix of stories about alienation, feminism, cats and coffee shops is charming foreign audiences as a boom in translated Ja
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Asian Games: 15-yr-old skateboarders among 8 golds for Japan
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Japan's 15-year-old sensations Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara won the skateboarding park events on Friday as the host bagged eig