Man arrested following string of attacks on women on Tokyo street
Hikaru Hamaguchi, 39, is believed to have physically assaulted a total of seven female high school and university students within about 15 minutes.
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Japan company holds gathering to encourage foreign trainees affected by Kumamoto quake
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Nikkei stock index jumps over 3% after 3rd largest drop late last week
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Japan PM vows breakthrough on N. Korea abduction issue
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Hospital in Japan's Matsumoto developing 'germ-free flowers' for patients' rooms
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From 0 to 43 days of high heat: Climate change threatening Japan's autumn foods
TOKYO -- Japan has many expressions connecting autumn with food: "autumn harvest," "autumn bounty" and "autumn appetite." But abnormal heat and torren
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Figure skating: Japan's Miura wins Cup of China, earns berth at GP Final
SHENZHEN, China (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kao Miura won the men's title at the figure skating Cup of China on Sunday, earning a berth in next month's Grand P
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Golf: Sakuma wins Toto Japan Classic title
OMITAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Shuri Sakuma won the Toto Japan Classic on Sunday, giving Japanese players a third consecutive victory on the U.S. L
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Nocchi of popular Japanese techno-pop group Perfume gets married
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nocchi of Japanese all-female techno-pop group Perfume has married actor Kento Shibuya, according to an announcement Sunday on the of