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70-year-old woman rescued from toilet after 3-day ordeal
The woman had entered the premises of an outdoor pool complex that is open to the public every summer. TV Asahi reported that prior to this year's opening in June, a team of contractors visited the site on Thursday at around 10:30 a.m. to perform an appraisal of the work that was required. Upon entering the complex, the team heard a voice calling for help from one of the female toilet ...
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Woman stabbed by stalker despite asking police for help
A 24-year-old woman was in a serious condition Friday after being stabbed by a man whom she reported to police for stalking her in Kurashiki, Okayama ...
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Traditional dance performed at Nikko temple
Rin-noji temple is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The event to pray for long life and peace has been held there every May for more than 1,000 years. The dance took place in the main building which is currently being ...
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US approves shale gas exports to Japan
Friday's decision defies the long-held US policy of not allowing shipments of LNG to non-free trade agreement countries. Should the plan proceed, exports of cheap natural gas from the southern US state of Texas will begin in ...
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Abenomics Once more with feeling
Demand for the top-end, "highly technical" massage service, costing ¥60,000 ($600) a go, has also been soaring, according to Akira Ikoma, editor of My Journey, which covers the sex industry. He says it is all thanks to the surging stockmarket. In Sopurando they are cheekily calling this reinvigoration "awanomics", from awa, meaning bubble or lather. Elsewhere in Japan ...
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Japan to begin developing new rocket
A government space panel has determined that Japan should begin developing its next-generation mainstay rocket for satellite launches in fiscal ...
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Abe sets out growth strategy
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has unveiled more details of his economic growth strategies using "winning the global market" as the key ...
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Little progress in Fukushima radiation cleanup
An NHK survey has found that little progress is being made to clean up radioactive material in areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...
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Nippon Ishin to Expel lawmaker over comfort women gaffes
Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party) will expel House of Representatives lawmaker Shingo Nishimura for his inappropriate comments about so-called "comfort women," or wartime prostitutes for soldiers of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a party executive said ...
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Watermelon shipment begins in Chiba
Watermelon farmers in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, have been briefed on how their produce will be classified before it's sent to the ...
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Facebook hires new head in Japan
There's a change at the top at Facebook....in Japan, where the company has hired former McDonalds and Boston Consulting Group marketing exec Atsushi Iwashita as its new Managing ...
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Hashimotos remarks on sex slaves outrageous U.S. State Dept
A State Department spokeswoman on Thursday branded remarks by a Japanese mayor defending Japan's wartime system of sexual servitude as "outrageous and offensive," in the first outright criticism of the comments by a U.S. government ...
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Nikkei rebounds from losses to end at 64-month high
The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average recouped earlier losses to end at a fresh 64-month high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, reflecting continued bullish market ...
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Bear shot dead after entering school in Ishikawa
TV Asahi reported that the bear entered the Morimoto school building at around 7 a.m. and then ran toward the playing field. "There were already some students at school for morning sports," the principal ...
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Employment for new graduates continues improving in Japan
The employment situation for new graduates from four-year universities and other schools in Japan has been improving, a government survey revealed ...
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Man kills 3 family members then himself
Police said Friday they have found four dead bodies in an apartment in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, in what is believed to have been a family ...
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Head of Monju reactor operator quits over inspection flaws
Japan Atomic Energy Agency President Atsuyuki Suzuki resigned on Friday to take responsibility for a number of inspection flaws at the agency's Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture, central ...
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Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked source
Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.The leaked information does not include passwords and data necessary for identity verification to reset passwords, the agency said.The ...
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China-India coercion easily trumps diffidence
India cannot match China miltarily – now and very likely in future. China has vast reserves ($3 trillion) that can easily be used to procure sophisticated armaments. The question arises – why did US, that has been trying to woo India into a partnership did not speak out in defence of India. The only statement that came out from US was to settle the differences amicably. India alone ...
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China challenges Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa
published an article on May 8 implicitly asserting Chinese claims over Okinawa, a Pacific island long held by Japan that houses key US military bases. China is already involved in a tense dispute over Japan's moves to nationalise the nearby Senkaku/Diaoyu islets, which sit astride key shipping lanes and undersea energy resources. ...
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Japan to develop H-3 rocket
A government panel on space policy tentatively agreed on Friday to start developing a large, next-generation rocket next fiscal year, aiming to shift the design and development of the new device to private companies to reduce costs. The special committee under the Cabinet Office is considering conducting the rocket's maiden launch in fiscal 2020. The panel intends to make a final decision ...
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Japan’s currency decline has big impact in U.S. elsewhere. Here’s how
Credit Japan’s drive to pump cash into its economy to stimulate growth. The extra money flooding its financial system is helping shrink the value of the yen. A U.S. dollar now buys about 100 yen. Last fall, it bought fewer than ...
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Hashimoto now blames public for misreading him snubs press
OSAKA - Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) coleader Toru Hashimoto, the Osaka mayor in hot water for apparently trying to justify Japan’s wartime sex slaves, said Friday that the public’s ';lack of reading comprehension'; has caused the current situation in which his remarks have been ';misunderstood.'; The embattled outspoken politician also said he ...
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Chinese ambassador urges US to be truly neutral on Sino-Japanese territorial dispute
China's Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai on Friday urged Washington to remain "truly neutral" on the Sino-Japanese territorial dispute in East China Sea by honoring its promise to "take no side."In an interview published by the US magazine Foreign Affairs on its website, Cui blamed Japan for creating the dispute and tensions over the Diaoyu Islands by taking ...
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In reversal man claims Jackson long abused him
Tonkatsu is comfort food, gourmand grub -- not a gourmet delicacy. So what are those hearty, unpretentious deep-fried breaded pork cutlets doing in an elegant little bar-style restaurant above one of Ginza’s temples to high-end consumption? Katsuzen has come a long way from its ...
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Japan focuses on next big export
Smart grids are the way of the future, according to a Japanese consortium of seven companies that want to invest in the cities of the future and pave the way for the next big export to come out of Japan.
Japan is already one of the leading high-tech industries of the world, producing gadgets and appliances that are sold globally, from cars and microwaves to robots for use in surgery, space and mines. The country is a major manufacturing hub, there are Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Nintendo appliances in homes across the globe and many of the world’s most famous export brands have their headquarters in Japan or were founded in Japan. Read more
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