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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above the 157 yen line on Friday, after two of nine Bank of Japan policy board members voted against an intere
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Tamagawa Univ. students pitch fresh ideas for namesake hot spring in northern Japan
SEMBOKU, Akita -- Students at Tamagawa University in Tokyo have come up with proposals to promote Tamagawa Onsen in Akita Prefecture, drawing on the s
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Cancer survivors laugh off treatment struggles at Kobe comedy contest
KOBE -- It was a comedy contest with a difference. Dubbed the "S1 Grand Prix," the inaugural event in western Japan featured performers who all had on
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Japan Motorcycle Diaries #19: From cape to cape, around Hokkaido in 8 days
I had a 10-day summer break. After pondering where to go for all of 1.5 seconds, I decided to visit Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, for the
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Japan core consumer prices in Aug. up 1.7% on year, below 2% for 8th month
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in August rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier, remaining below 2 percent for the eighth consecutive mon
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Typhoon Dujuan could approach Tokyo region around Monday
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Typhoon Dujuan was southeast of the Japanese archipelago on Thursday and moving on a northerly path that appeared likely to bring it
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Anonymous donor gives Japan's Hyogo Pref. gold worth $5.4 million
KOBE -- An anonymous individual has donated 35 kilograms of pure gold ingots worth 833.74 million yen (about $5.4 million) to the Hyogo Prefectural Go
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Taiwan hands Japan $9.4 mil. in public donations for Kumamoto quake
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday presented more than NT$300 million ($9.4 million) in donations raised in Taiwan to help those
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Kyushu Shinkansen resumes all-line operation after Kumamoto quake disaster
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Bullet train services on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line resumed along the entire route Friday for the first time in 52 days aft
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Takaichi's Cabinet reshuffle fires starting gun for ruling LDP leader race
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet reshuffle Thursday set the stage for next year's race for the presidency of the ruling Libera
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Japan's immigration agency had 103 residence card printers go unused: audit
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's immigration agency had 103 IC card printers, worth about 56.5 million yen ($363,000), sitting unused at seven regional bureau
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Tokyo considers ordinance banning littering as downtown trash worsens
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering an ordinance banning littering, as trash left in downtown entertainment districts ha