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G-8 leaders condemn any use of chemical weapons in Syria
Leaders of the Group of Eight nations on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" any use of chemical weapons in Syria and called on all sides to allow U.N. investigators to look into their alleged use, as they wrapped up their two-day summit in Northern ...
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No. of suicides drops below 30000 for first time in 15 years
The number of people who committed suicide in Japan in 2012 was 27,858, dropping below 30,000 for the first time in 15 years, the Cabinet Office said in a white paper on Tuesday. The figure was 2,800 fewer than in ...
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Police arrest ex-managers of failed Agura Bokujo
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department arrested on Tuesday former managers of Agura Bokujo K.K., which went bust in 2011 with debts of 420 billion yen with some 70,000 investors across ...
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Pitching Abenomics to G-8 colleagues finds Japan PM in bind
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pitching his economic policies to his fellow leaders at the just-ended summit of the Group of Eight nations in Northern Ireland, has put himself in a bind with the need to show a blueprint for achieving both growth and fiscal ...
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NEET ratio hits record high in 2012
The percentage of the nation's young people not in education, employment or training, or NEETs, hit a record high in 2012, a government report said ...
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Over 1000 people hospitalized in Japan for heatstroke
Almost 1,500 people were transported to hospitals by ambulance due to heatstroke last week, up sharply from 942 in the preceding week, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said ...
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Tropical storm Leepi a flood risk to Philippines Japan
Leepi, a minimal tropical storm as of Tuesday, was expected to pose a flooding rain threat to the Philippines and Japan while tracking northward this ...
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China expert visiting Japan for expected birth of giant panda cub
Despite signs that the birth is nearing, the pregnancy of the seven-year-old female giant panda, Shin Shin, still cannot be confirmed, the expert said. There is no choice but to wait now, he ...
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Japan U.S. conduct joint exercise to retake island
The exercise on California's San Clemente Island in the Pacific Ocean assumed that remote islands in Japan are invaded by a neighboring country, at a time when China has repeatedly entered Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. The SDF and the U.S. Marine Corps conducted the exercise to improve joint capabilities to recover captured islands. A landing operation ...
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Japan rubella sufferers top 10000 in 6 months
Reported cases of rubella in Japan totaled 10,102 in six months through June 9, some 30 times the total for the year-before period, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said ...
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Local govts wary of Mt. Fuji traffic jam
Mt. Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan, will likely see its summer "traffic jam" of climbers worsen this year thanks to its expected addition to the UNESCO World Heritage ...
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LDPs Takaichi under fire over gaffe on nuclear accident
Sanae Takaichi, policy chief of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party, has come under fire from both the ruling and opposition camps over remarks she made about the March 2011 severe nuclear ...
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Traffic lights on the blink Many too old for use some even collapse
Among about 200,000 traffic signals nationwide, 16 percent are being used beyond the end of the expected lifetime of their electrical systems and some have even toppled over due to age, according to the National Police ...
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McDonalds Japan to serve premium hamburgers
The number of people who committed suicide in Japan in 2012 was 27,858, dropping below 30,000 for the first time in 15 years, the Cabinet Office said in a white paper on Tuesday. The figure was 2,800 fewer than in ...
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Best biwa selected as gift for Imperial Household
Biwa produced in southern parts of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, have been given as a gift to the Imperial family every year since 1909, except during wartime. The biwa are to be delivered to the Imperial Household Agency on ...
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Germanys Merkel notes negative effect of yens fall
Some countries with low labor costs complain that the yen's weakness has worked to their disadvantage in terms of competitive conditions, Merkel said at the meeting at Lough Erne, a Northern Ireland resort, on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit there. Abe replied that Japan is not in a position to do something with foreign exchange ...
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Tokyo cops bust Gotanda massage parlor for prostitution arrest 7
On June 12, officers took the manager of Satisfaction 99, Tsuji Nagamoto, 54, and six other employees into custody for employing Chineses masseuses to dispense sexual services to male customers inside private rooms. Nagamoto has reportedly admitted to the allegations. "I knew that prostitution is illegal," the suspect is quoted by police. According to police, Satisfaction 99 charges ...
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64-year-old woman arrested for stabbing 59-year-old boyfriend
Police said Monday that eight people were arrested in Tokyo's Okubo district on Sunday after two groups clashed over recent outbursts of anti-Korean hate speech in ...
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Ex-Aum death-row inmates to testify in open court
Tokyo District Court decided on Monday to open planned examinations of three witnesses who are former senior members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult and now death-row inmates, during an upcoming trial of another former senior Aum ...
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Japan Britain agree on defense intelligence-sharing pact
Japan and Britain agreed Monday on a pact on intelligence sharing and a framework aimed at accelerating the joint development of defense equipment, a Japanese official ...
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Soccer-Japan coach singles out Pirlo for special attention
(Fixes dateline, no change to text) By Andrew Downie RECIFE, Brazil, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan must close down Andrea Pirlo if they want to defeat Italy and prolong their participation in this year's Confederation Cup, coach Alberto Zaccheroni said on Tuesday. Juventus' Pirlo controls the Italian midfield and his partnership ...
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Japan stocks jump on weaker yen Fed hopes
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks jumped on Wednesday as a weaker yen and expectations that the Federal Reserve may not signal a tapering of its bond purchases pulled in buyers and spurred gains across sectors. The Nikkei Stock ...
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Japans May exports surge more than 10
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's exports surged in May, as the yen traded at its weakest levels of the year, with the result leading to a smaller-than-expected trade deficit. Japanese exports rose 10.1% from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry reported Wednesday, with the results beating a 6.5% rise forecast in a Reuters survey, and a 5% increase tipped in a separate Dow Jones ...
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Kenny to welcome Japanese premier
The leaders will meet at Government Buildings where discussions will focus on economic, trade and cultural relations, as well as broader economic issues.Mr Kenny will also brief the Japanese prime minister on Ireland's presidency of ...
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Hedge fund big-hitter Loeb ups Sony stake as he targets entertainment arm spin-off
The head of the $13bn (8bn) hedge fund Third Point believes Sony should spin off its entertainment unit, which includes one of Hollywood's leading studios. In a letter to its chief executive Kazuo Hirai ahead of its annual meeting tomorrow, Third Point said: "Sony appears to be regaining its competitive edge. Given our large stake, we reiterate our offer to serve on Sony's board ...
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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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