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New Okinawa gov. backs US base move as quickest way to remove risks
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Recently elected Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja said Monday that he supports a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military air base withi
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Japan plans hybrid textbook system, to restrict digital use for younger students
TOKYO -- Japan's education ministry has presented draft ministerial guidelines stating that digital textbooks scheduled for introduction from fiscal 2
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Chinese man sent to prosecutors over rogue cell tower in Tokyo, phishing suspected
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Chinese man was referred to prosecutors Monday for allegedly disrupting a major mobile carrier's services in Tokyo's Ginza shopping
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Editorial: 1 yr after Taiwan comments, Japan PM must seek way to ease China tensions
It has been one year since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made comments in the Diet about a Taiwan contingency that so angered Beijing, yet Japan still
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Unmanned firefighting robot developed for hazardous sites in Japan's Fukuoka Pref.
FUKUTSU, Fukuoka -- The fire department serving the Fukuoka Prefecture cities of Munakata and Fukutsu has developed a small, unmanned firefighting rob
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Japan stepped in to buy one-day record 7.98 tril. yen in July: gov't data
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market on July 30, buying a record 7.98 trillion yen ($50.4 billion) to stem the Japanese cu
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'Ichigosan' strawberries star in new 'Black Mont Blanc' snack in Japan's Saga Pref.
SAGA -- A new snack made with Saga Prefecture's "Ichigosan" brand strawberries has joined the lineup of products bearing the name of the popular Black
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Japan company holds gathering to encourage foreign trainees affected by Kumamoto quake
YATSUSHIRO, Kumamoto -- A gathering was held in this southwestern Japan city to encourage technical intern trainees and specified skilled workers who
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Nikkei stock index jumps over 3% after 3rd largest drop late last week
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index jumped over 3 percent Monday morning, on dip-buying led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related
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Japan PM vows breakthrough on N. Korea abduction issue
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday reaffirmed her determination to secure the return of Japanese citizens abducted by North Kore
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Hospital in Japan's Matsumoto developing 'germ-free flowers' for patients' rooms
MATSUMOTO, Nagano -- Shinshu University Hospital here is researching and developing "sterile flowers" that inpatients can enjoy by their bedsides with
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From 0 to 43 days of high heat: Climate change threatening Japan's autumn foods
TOKYO -- Japan has many expressions connecting autumn with food: "autumn harvest," "autumn bounty" and "autumn appetite." But abnormal heat and torren