Japan in Depth / Abe unveils more growth tactics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has unveiled his second batch of growth strategy measures, which includes initiatives designed to help the private sector b...
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U.S. approves Japan-bound LNG exports
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Energy Department has approved an application to export natural gas to Japan, including shale gas produced as part of the recent...
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Pyongyang fired 3 short-range missiles, South Korea says
SEOUL (AP)--North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests...
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Agriculture-related exports key aspect of strategy
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No queues for these views
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Number of cherry trees on the decline in Tokyo
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Blood-producing cells made from iPS
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Mt. Fuji eruption could affect 130,000
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Low-cost carriers looking to open new domestic, intl routes
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IMF: Cyprus at risk of deeper recession despite intl bailout
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Easygoing Kanonji
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Bradley keeps lead despite bogey repeat
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Djokovic tumbles on Rome clay
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Council proposes lowering age for English education
An expert panel on education will recommend that the government lower the grade when primary school students start studying English from the fifth year and make it a regular subject for fifth and six...
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Agriculture-related exports key aspect of strategy
A central aim of the government’s growth strategy for the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries is to double farm and marine product exports and expand the size of farming plots, with an e...
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Shimomura eyes doubling culture budget
Culture minister Hakubun Shimomura has unveiled his private proposal to double the ministry’s budget for promoting Japanese art and culture both domestically and abroad, it has been learned. Shimo...
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Iijima returns home after visit to North Korea
Isao Iijima, a special adviser to the Cabinet, returned home Saturday afternoon after his four-day visit to North Korea. Iijima met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga later in the day and r...
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Nishimura to be expelled for remarks
OSAKA (Jiji Press)--Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party) will expel House of Representatives lawmaker Shingo Nishimura for his comments about so-called comfort women, or wartime prostitutes ...
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Powerful quake hits Tohoku region
A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.9 on the open-ended Richter scale struck the Tohoku region on Saturday afternoon. The quake, which struck at 2:48 p.m., registered upper 5 on t...
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Number of cherry trees on the decline in Tokyo
The number of cherry trees in Tokyo parks famous for hanami cherry-blossom viewing has sharply declined, as many trees aged 50 years or older have perished from attacks by pests or been knocked down ...
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Blood-producing cells made from iPS
A research team at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science has created hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), used to produce blood, using human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in a m...
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Mt. Fuji eruption could affect 130,000
A council studying measures to deal with an eruption of Mt. Fuji has compiled wide-scale evacuation plans on the assumption that lava will flow beyond the base of the volcano.
The measures were unve...
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Stories that feed imagination / Break out the sponge cake for Guri and Gura's 50th anniversary
One day, two adorable field mice named Guri and Gura find a huge egg in a forest and decide to make a sponge cake for themselves and their animal friends. Fifty years have now passed since the duo, th...
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Beyond the Paper screen / What dreams are made of
Nearly a month has passed since the Boston Marathon bombing. I watched the news coverage daily, astonished by the swiftness with which the police isolated suspicious individuals, identified them and c...
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Leader of a noh generation
Although only 27, Kazufusa Hosho has been shouldering a hefty responsibility for the past five years as the Hosho school of Noh's 20th headmaster. Fortunately, his commitment to artistic tradition and...
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Abe clarifies history stance / Suffering of Asian nations recognized
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a reply in the Diet, said, "Japan once caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations," modifying his charact...
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100,000 yen care robots are coming / Subsidies to aid development; units could be cheaply rented
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Japanese slaves crossed Pacific / Taken to Mexico in 16th century
A rare document has been found that records the transport of Japanese people to Mexico as slaves in the late 16th century, the first documentation of Japanese people crossing the Pacific Ocean.
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Japan in Depth / N-export deal expected in Turkey
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Govt honors baseball greats / Nagashima, Matsui presented with People's Award
Baseball legends Shigeo Nagashima, lifetime honorary manager of the Yomiuri Giants, and Hideki Matsui, who played for both the Giants and Major League teams, received the People's Honor Award from Pri...
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Computers make their move / Exploring AI and the human minds behind it through shogi
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Mt. Fuji to get World Heritage nod
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Groundwater levels rising in Tokyo
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In the News / Mikko Koivumaa / Finnish 'ikumen' dazzles Japan
For Mikko Koivumaa, the Japanese buzzword "ikumen" was a surprise. The Finnish diplomat encountered the word, which means a father who actively takes part in raising a child, soon after arriving in ...
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Japan in Depth / Rethinking Japan's sovereignty
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The United States on Monday reportedly positioned a destroyer off the South Korean coast to counter any possible North Korean missile strike. *** New vehicle sales in Japan in fiscal 2012 topped 5 m...
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Message to our readers
Today the English-language newspaper published by The Yomiuri Shimbun starts anew under the name of The Japan News.
Amid Japan's declining international presence, the nation is facing a chall...