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BEIJING (Kyodo) -- A Japanese delegation from a trade promotion body led by former Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya made a visit to China on Sunday, see
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Japan's NYK Line to launch hydrogen fuel cell ship for Tokyo Bay tour
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K. plans to introduce its first ship powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system around May
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Asian Games: 11-year-old Japanese Kurihara wins puzzle gold in esports
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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Sumo: Onosato beaten again as Aonishiki wins to set up grand finale
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato was beaten for the second straight day Saturday while ozeki Aonishiki won to set up a fascinating finale to the Autu
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What do film commissions do? Japan's unsung heroes behind location shoots
TOKYO -- On-location shooting is essential for films, television dramas and other visual productions, bringing realism and depth to stories through th
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Retro Japan: Hagi merchant mansion blends samurai grandeur with centuries-old town life
HAGI, Yamaguchi -- White walls line the streets of the former Hagi domain's castle town in this western Japan city. Passing through the "nagayamon," a
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Paralympic silver medalist dies after road accident in Okinawa
NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Wheelchair racer Hirokazu Ueyonabaru, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, died on Saturday after being seri
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Repeated surveys by Chinese research ship raise security concerns in Japan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Chinese marine research vessel conducted repeated surveys in Japan's exclusive economic zone near the disputed Senkaku Islands in t
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Japan, US agree to collaborate on various issues over China: Takaichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday she and U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed during phone talks to collaborate
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Japan's 'god of carnivorous plants' pours passion into 20,000 specimens
KASAI, Hyogo -- A 64-year-old man at a flower center here has achieved a string of world firsts in the difficult cultivation of carnivorous plants, ea
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Japan weighs tighter rules as regenerative medicine treatments spread
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Claims that treatments can "reverse aging" or "attack cancer cells" are being used to promote regenerative medicine at private clinic
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100,000 carp swept away by flooding in Chiba after typhoon
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Around 100,000 Nishikigoi ornamental carp ready for sale were swept away after heavy rain caused by a typhoon breached some le