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Yoroku: A Japanese researcher's part in solving the puzzle of life's asymmetry
"Symmetry" means that when a shape is flipped horizontally or rotated, it overlaps with the original. "Chirality," by contrast, refers to a mirror-ima
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Japan financial watchdog orders partial business suspension at Prudential
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's financial watchdog on Friday ordered Prudential Life Insurance Co. to partially suspend its business over misconduct by sales
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Russia requests ICC leaders' extradition, draws Japan protest
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Russian prosecutors have requested the extradition of senior International Criminal Court figures including its President Tomoko Akan
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Researchers find unique genes in 194-year-old giant tortoise
TOKYO -- A European and U.S. research team investigating the longevity of an Aldabra giant tortoise estimated to be 194 years old and regarded as the
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Sightseeing bus serving conveyor-belt sushi to launch in Tokyo
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Conveyor-belt sushi is hitting the road in Tokyo, with tours aboard a double-decker sightseeing bus set to begin Saturday.The Sushi B
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Japan foster care outreach faces rethink after stark awareness survey
OSAKA -- Japan's foster care system offers homes to children who cannot live with their parents due to financial hardship, neglect or other circumstan
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Nikkei falls on tech losses, but underpinned by easing Mideast concerns
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as concerns over weaker-than-expected artificial intelligence-related demand following a report on O
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Pressure mounts on farm minister amid claims of denigrating media scrutiny
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Farm minister Kazuo Yana came under renewed pressure Friday amid further reporting on his conduct including claims he used coarse lan
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Japan's Nara Pref. trains a new generation of 'foresters' inspired by Swiss model
NARA -- In the wake of extensive damage to mountain forests caused by torrential rains that struck the Kii Peninsula in September 2011, the Nara Prefe
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Hikonyan stars for first time in 20th anniversary film
Hikonyan, the mascot character of the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, marked its 20th anniversary, and a short film titled "Yume ni Mukatte" (Toward
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Bookoff, JR East each report 6 mil. customer records leak in newest breach
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese second-hand goods retailer Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd. and East Japan Railway Co. on Friday became the latest companies to a
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Eel on the menu at Japan's Vatican embassy amid trade regulation debate
ROMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's embassy in the Vatican City held an event Thursday to introduce the Japanese method of cooking eel to envoys from various coun