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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Becoming invisible and uploading human consciousness may sound like something out of the world of the famed cyberpunk anime and manga
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DAISEN, Tottori -- Holding a brand-new wedding ring, the bride said, "You are like this tourmaline stone to me. You always guide me to be calm and pos
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ARITA, Saga -- The Arita Uchiyama preservation district for groups of important traditional buildings in this southwestern Japan town was once a globa
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's unpopular revisions to the Imperial House Law that reinforce the male-only succession rules took effect Saturday. The new rules
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese internet services provider GMO Internet Group Inc. said Saturday it has asked the government to take preemptive cybersecurit
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MANILA (Kyodo) -- A 90-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman who regained her Japanese nationality this year received a passport at the Japanese Embassy in
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Micronesian President Wesley Simina agreed Friday to work together toward the success of t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Vulnerabilities found in smartphone apps may be behind the recent spate of cyberattacks against Japanese firms that have led to multi
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KANAZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Two crested ibises designated as Japanese natural treasures were found dead after being released on the Noto Peninsula in c
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KOMATSU, Ishikawa -- The Japanese Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended that master brewer Naohiko Noguchi, 93, of Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, b
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On June 26, 1878, Isabella Bird stopped at Tajima, the principal town of the Okuaizu region, where the scars of the Boshin War still lingered. The tow
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