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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
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Figure skating: Japan's Miura wins Cup of China, earns berth at GP Final
SHENZHEN, China (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kao Miura won the men's title at the figure skating Cup of China on Sunday, earning a berth in next month's Grand P
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Golf: Sakuma wins Toto Japan Classic title
OMITAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Shuri Sakuma won the Toto Japan Classic on Sunday, giving Japanese players a third consecutive victory on the U.S. L
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Nocchi of popular Japanese techno-pop group Perfume gets married
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nocchi of Japanese all-female techno-pop group Perfume has married actor Kento Shibuya, according to an announcement Sunday on the of
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Japan's ruling party zeroes in on ex-PM, others over tax cut bill walkouts
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is urging four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, to explain themselves
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Passengers try out Japan's new top-tier 'Supreme Class' bullet train seating in Nagoya
NAGOYA -- An event offering passengers a chance to try out the "Supreme Class" private compartment service introduced on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet
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Diary left by Japan aviator killed in WWII reveals his true self to sister 81 years later
OITA -- An exhibition held at a local museum in this southwest Japan city this summer gave an 81-year-old woman a chance to learn more about a brother
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Retro Japan: Hino civic hall remains a welcoming space 4 decades after opening
TOKYO -- Some four decades after its completion in 1985, the well-maintained Hino civic hall in the suburban Tokyo city of Hino remains as comfortable
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Japan convenience store operators expand digital signage to spur purchases
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's three major convenience store chains are expanding digital signage to spur purchases and generate advertising revenue amid sl
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Traditional deer antler-cutting ceremony held in Nara Park
NARA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A traditional event of cutting the antlers of deer, a custom passed down for over 370 years since the Edo period, was held Satu