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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 22 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What is Japan Post Co.
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 22 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What is Japan Post Co.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Onosato maintained his dominance with his ninth win at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, while three wrestlers tr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large typhoon was moving toward eastern Japan's Pacific coast Monday, bringing heavy rain that triggered landslides in Chiba and Ka
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FUKUOKA -- In an agricultural area of Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan surrounded by rice paddies, local utility Kyushu Electric Power Co. is
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TOKYO -- People often call Tokyo's business areas "concrete jungles." They have many roads and tall buildings. These can make the city hotter. This is
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NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- The top diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Monday called on North Korea to resume dialogue even as it shows
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A large typhoon was moving closer to eastern Japan's Pacific coast Monday, bringing heavy rain to the Tokyo area and triggering lands
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FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi -- A fifth-grade girl from this central Japan city passed Grade 1 of the "Eiken" English language proficiency test, a diffi
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OSAKA (Kyodo) -- In a small basement theater in Osaka's bustling Minami district, comedians from Japan and overseas are giving foreign visitors an irr
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The Tadami River in Japan's Oku-Aizu region is famous for its billowing mist from June to September, for those lucky enough to see it. As the rainy se
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TOKYO (AP) -- Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, is a form of expression that dates back more than 500 years. It continues to blossom, qu
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan rose to six Tuesday with six others still missing after heavy rain triggered landslides and floodi
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OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Compact appliances that maximize limited living space are gaining popularity in Japan as soaring housing prices make larger homes les
