Japan's 'Ibaraki Passport' draws 27,000 applications, prompting additional printing
MITO -- A passport-style booklet called the "Ibaraki Passport," designed to foster local pride and attract tourists to the prefecture, has proved high
MITO -- A passport-style booklet called the "Ibaraki Passport," designed to foster local pride and attract tourists to the prefecture, has proved high
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Communist Party said Monday it would abandon its policy of cooperating with other opposition parties in national electio
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in September rose 6.8 percent from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed Tuesday.The growth in prices of
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MORIOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The secretary general of a Japanese opposition party on Monday called on farm minister Kazuo Yana to resign over remarks abo
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FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A bullet train service in southwestern Japan remained suspended from the first run Tuesday to search for fallen parts on the line a
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TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Seibu Lions 4-1 in Game 3 of the Pacific League Climax Series first stage on Monday, adv
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AOMORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Monday
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CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The faint smell of incense hung in the air as more than 200 inmates sat silently in a prison gymnasium, hands clasped in praye
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's recently retired former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori enjoyed a reunion with all-time great Roger Federer in Tokyo on Sunday as t
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At JR Odate Station in the city of Odate, Akita Prefecture, the birthplace of the loyal dog Hachiko, an Akita dog named Sora has been appointed touris
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BAKU (Kyodo) -- Japan reclaimed its eighth mixed team title at the world judo championships Sunday, beating Russia 4-1 in the final in Baku.In the six
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Five-time Paralympic swimmer Keiichi Kimura vowed to deliver his best performance as he gears up for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Game
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SAGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita set a swimming short course world record to win the men's 400-meter individual medley on Sunday by
