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TOKYO (AP) -- The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the latest government figures show, underscoring t
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Kajima Corp. unveils Japan's flower expo wooden tower site
YOKOHAMA -- Japanese major construction company Kajima Corp. on Sept. 14 unveiled to the media for the first time the construction site of a wooden to
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Ex-Japan PM Hosokawa completes 92-panel 'Dragon in the Clouds' paintings for Kyoto temple
KYOTO -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, aged 88, has completed a monumental 92-panel series of paintings for the main hall of Ryoan
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Tokyo Skytree glows gold for children with cancer
September is a month for raising awareness and understanding of children battling cancer. The "Gold September Campaign," in which buildings and other
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Tokyo stocks rise on position adjustment ahead of US Fed outcome
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday on position adjustments ahead of the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting.The 225-issue N
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Sumo: Yokozuna Onosato suffers 1st loss, ozeki Kotozakura remains unbeaten
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato suffered his first loss at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday, while ozeki Kotozakura became the only unb
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Japan police panel starts talks to allow more foreign security workers
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's police agency on Wednesday launched an expert panel to consider allowing more foreign nationals to work in the private-sector
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Typhoon could approach Japan sometime during 5-day holiday period
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan could see the approach of a typhoon during a five-day holiday period starting this weekend, with the weather agency announcing
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Japanese man wanted over 1970 hijacking may have died in N. Korea: source
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese man wanted for his role in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines plane may have died in North Korea, a source with knowle
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Japan's Ushiku in Ibaraki Pref. aims to become major wine region
USHIKU, Ibaraki -- The government of this eastern Japan city known as the home of Ushiku Chateau, Japan's first full-scale winemaking facility, is lau
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Japan's 'Donut Man' builds lasting bond with Nepal quake village
IWAKI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Japanese man who has spent more than a decade supporting a remote Nepalese village devastated by an earthquake in 2015 is se
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Japan ballet instructor who survived leukemia urges young people to join marrow bank
HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima -- Childhood leukemia kept Maria Miki away from the ballet she loved for about a year when she was in junior high school. Now a