G-8 leaders support Abenomics
BELFAST (Jiji Press)--Leaders of the Group of Eight major powers, at their meeting Monday, threw their support behind Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...
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Recharging Japan / Nation faces crisis in nursing care
This is the third installment in a seven-part series.
Recovery from an illness is the result of treatment and healing, and both are natural parts o...
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Suntory sets price range for July IPO
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd., the main subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Ltd., has announced a tentative price of 3,000 yen to 3,800 yen for shares to b...
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Floods kill 23 in northern India
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Woman's assets sold without consent / Securities firm employee may have fabricat...
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1st repairs in 380 years
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In the News / Yamato Aoki / Founder of a group aimed at encouraging teen partici...
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Traffic lights on the blink / Many too old for use; some even collapse
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Animals may be used to grow organs
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McDonald's Japan to serve premium hamburgers
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Reformist Rowhani also a pragmatist
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Scherzer runs record to 10-0
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Scrappy Tahiti scores moral victory in defeat
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How poor students get soaked for college sports
As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, U.S. universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on...
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Is Hong Kong free, or does Beijing really call the shots?
HONG KONG--The flight of a government whistle-blower--or possible fugitive from justice--to the quasi-democratic Chinese enclave of Hong Kong has given this former British colony a bit of free PR. Edw...
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This will not end well
WASHINGTON--In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to...
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Floods kill 23 in northern India
LUCKNOW, India (AP)—Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday.
More than a dozen pe...
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Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest
BEIJING (AP) — China has built the world’s fastest supercomputer, almost twice as fast as the previous U.S. record holder and underlining the country’s rise as a science and technology powerhou...
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Kabul blast leaves 3 dead
KABUL (AP)—A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least three people on the day the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban i...
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Proposals call for local govts to join hands to cut administrative waste
To eliminate waste in local government and reinvigorate local economies, it is essential to boost cooperation among local governments and promote the division of labor and sharing of roles. The gover...
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Is there any chance of a change in Iran’s hard-line stance?
How can Iran’s newly elected president live up to the people’s will expressed in the presidential election? We hope the new leader will first tackle the task of mending relations with foreign coun...
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Woman's assets sold without consent / Securities firm employee may have fabricated order form
An employee of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. sold properties including stocks worth about 10 million yen owned by an elderly woman without her consent in January 2009 and used the mone...
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Death-row Aum inmates set to appear in open court
The Tokyo District Court has decided to open planned examinations of three witnesses who are former senior members of the Aum Supreme Truth and now death-row inmates, during an upcoming trial of anot...
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Norwegian design showcases beauty, simplicity
Beauty and simplicity are at the heart of Norwegian design, which is the theme of an exhibition that opens this week at the Hillside Forum in Tokyo. It will feature about 500 home furnishings includi...
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Japan pavilion wins 1st-ever art award
VENICE--The Japan pavilion, which features a solo exhibition by contemporary artist Koki Tanaka, was awarded a special mention at the 55th Venice Biennale.
It was curated by Mika Kuraya, chief cur...
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Osaka ballet dancer leaps gracefully onto world stage
OSAKA--Ballet dancer Fumi Kaneko is spinning with excitement toward the international stage.
A member of Britain’s prestigious Royal Ballet, the 21-year-old Osaka native performed a leading role ...
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Japan in Depth / Walking phone users pose risk
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'DJ Cop' charms fans in soccer celebration
“Cross the intersection before a policeman gives you a yellow card!”
With witty remarks like this, a police officer skillfully managed several thousand soccer supporters at the famously busy cr...
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Japan qualifies for 2014 World Cup
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New 550-kph model of maglev train unveiled
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Recharging Japan / Population pyramid a thing of the past
The Japanese word “choju,” meaning longevity, implies, with its kanji, joyous celebration of long life. Intrinsically, it is a joyful thing for people to live long. But if a society has many peop...
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Subsidies to nurture 'Japanophile' intl students
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Cool Japan to focus on food / 'Missionaries' to be sent abroad
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Tokyo wards eager for local car plates
So-called gotochi numbers, or local license plates, have drawn attention from several Tokyo wards, with Setagaya and Suginami wards deciding to apply for the plates as the deadline for the second app...
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Births fall to record low of 1.03 million
The number of babies born in the nation in 2012 fell by 13,705 from the previous year to hit a new low of 1,037,101, a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry survey has revealed.
The total fertility rat...
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