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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. on Friday unveiled the Cybercab, its purpose-built autonomous robotaxi, in Tokyo's Aoyama dis
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 30 percent of unmarried people aged between 18 and 34 in Japan do not wish to have children, the highest percentage since c
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One thousand, one hundred and one people. This is a figure the Japanese government presented during last year's regular Diet session. What does it ref
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell sharply on Friday, with the Nikkei index briefly plunging over 3 percent, after the West Texas Intermediate crude o
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will watch bond market moves with an "extremely high" sense of urgency after the yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Friday decided to provide up to 98 billion yen ($635 million) to support five more capital investment plan
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo unveiled a memorial plaque on Friday for the nearly 3,000 victims of the 2001 attacks, including 24 Japanes
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By Faisal KuttyIn 1944, as the United States Supreme Court upheld Fred Korematsu's conviction for violating the military order excluding Japanese Amer
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TOKYO -- Neighborhood police boxes are closing one after another at night in the Japanese capital. The reason is painfully simple: not enough officers
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BERLIN (Mainichi) -- In Germany, some parents have named their babies "Ikea," "Fanta" and "Chanel." These are names of a big furniture shop, a soft dr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An exhibition currently being held in Tokyo traces the history of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivo
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Friday it has confirmed that a world map using a U.N.-encouraged projection method was "corrected" after
