2nd fighter jet unit eyed for Naha base
To strengthen the defense of the Nansei Islands, including the Senkakus, the government plans to deploy an additional unit of fighter jets at the Air ...
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Japan in Depth / Japan-U.S. discord throws wrench in TPP talks
SINGAPORE—The deadline for an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks was missed, but U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was u...
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Christmas treat
A diver in a Santa Claus costume entertains visitors to Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama by giving a box containing a Christmas present to...
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Beauty queen not afraid to get dirty in typhoon clean-up
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Marinos star Nakamura becomes 1st 2-time J.League MVP
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Mandela ‘last great 20th-century liberator’
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OPCW accepts Nobel Peace Prize
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Yokomine bags JLPGA's top player award
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Powerful Pacers handle Heat
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D'backs trade for Trumbo
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Lysacek abandons bid for Olympic repeat
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Learning Japanese from the news / Gyudon restaurants feeling the squeeze
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Analysis / Kim concentrates power in his hands
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Higashikokubaru to resigns as member of lower house
Hideo Higashikokubaru, a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), said in his blog on Wednesday that he will resign as a House of Representatives lawmaker and leave the major oppositi...
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WTI rises to 6-week high on forecast of U.S. supply decline
NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate crude rose to a six-week high Tuesday on projections of a second consecutive drop in U.S. inventories. The spread between WTI and Brent oil from the N...
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Orders for machinery up in Oct.
The nation’s core machinery orders in October rose 0.6 percent from the previous month after seasonal adjustment, led by an 11.5 percent surge in those from nonmanufacturers, the Cabinet Office sai...
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Govt OK’s farming reforms
The government adopted a plan to revitalize the agricultural sector through drastic reforms. “We will achieve major reforms in agricultural administration, aiming to double the income of farming ...
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Japanese cars outsell others in China
BEIJING (Jiji Press)—China’s new automobile sales hit an all-time monthly high in November, with sales of Japanese cars beating those of all their foreign rivals, according to the China Associati...
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Stocks fall on U.S. equities drop, firmer yen
Stocks lost ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, dragged down by selling after a drop in U.S. equities and a halt in the yen’s easing. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 96.25 po...
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Wall Street turns lower as investors close out positions
NEW YORK (AP)—Stocks fell modestly Tuesday as investors took a breather from a market that notched yet another record high the day before. The market has hit several all-time highs in recent mont...
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U.S. budget deal reached in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP)—Congressional negotiators, in a rare show of bipartisanship, reached a modest U.S. budget agreement Tuesday to restore about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ran...
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Beauty queen not afraid to get dirty in typhoon clean-up
Shifting mud. Making sandbags. Being Miss Oshima is not as glamorous as it used to be.
But Natsumi Hayakawa, who won the title in a beauty contest on Izu Oshima island this summer, has embraced her ...
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Marinos star Nakamura becomes 1st 2-time J.League MVP
YOKOHAMA—Shunsuke Nakamura made J.League history Tuesday when he became the first two-time winner of the top division’s Player of the Year Award.
The Yokohama F Marinos midfielder also earned t...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Gyudon restaurants feeling the squeeze
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Learning Japanese from the news / Skyscraper built at site of terrorism
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Let's try! 算数の英語
算数を英語で楽しく学ぶ「Let’s try! 算数の英語」。今回は分数を使った計算の問題です。
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Christmas is around the corner.
The Christmas tree in Akiko’s...
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Mystery of drumming: Kodo’s performance beautifully stylized but free
SADO, Niigata—Kodo, a renowned taiko drum troupe based on Sado Island, will launch a new show in Tokyo and Yokohama this month that draws heavily on Japanese folklore. Titled “Mystery,” the show...
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Dots of color that changed Western art
An exhibition under way at The National Art Center, Tokyo, in Roppongi covers an assortment of painters who used Pointillist methods—applying numerous tiny colored dots of paint—from the end of th...
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Maiko guides give Kyoto show a colorful twist
KYOTO—With the cameras rolling, two apprentice geiko, called maiko, approach the deputy chief priest of Matsuno-o Taisha shrine in Kyoto, and begin their interview with the phrase, “Okini, otano m...
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INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR KENNEDY / U.S. ‘has no truer friend than Japan’
The United States “has no more important ally than Japan,” new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy said during an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, in which she described the imp...
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Japan, U.S. to up Senkaku surveillance
In response to China’s declaration of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea that includes the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the Japanese and U.S. governments have confi...
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Volcanic eruption raises new islet amid Ogasawara Islands
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Japan in Depth / Abe-Biden talks highlight efforts to counter China
The meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday underscored the significance of the Japan-U.S. alliance in countering China’s establishment of an air defen...
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Abe, Biden lean on China to drop air defense zone
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday agreed to urge China to eliminate its newly established air defense identification zone that includes airspace over the Sen...
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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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New grad job market still ‘highly selective’
University students and others set to graduate in spring 2015 cannot be overly optimistic during this year’s job hunting season, which officially started Sunday, as companies are generally willing t...
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Secrecy law enacted
The House of Councillors has passed into law a divisive bill to protect specially designated state secrets with a majority of support from the ruling bloc, despite fierce resistance from the oppositi...
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LOOKING EAST / ‘J-Melo’: Helpful expert for overseas J-pop fans
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