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Stocks close 1.60% lower

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Tokyo stocks closed 1.60% lower on Friday after a worse-than-expected drop in Japan's factory output while investors look to a speech by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the day. (Japan Today)

North Korea opens WWII-era burial ground for Japanese to press, citizens' group

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In a rare move for the secretive state, North Korea on Aug. 30 showed Japanese reporters a burial site for Japanese citizens killed during or shortly after World War II. (Mainichi)

Tsunami warning lifted for Japan, Taiwan after 7.9 quake

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A tsunami warning has been lifted for Japan, Taiwan and a number of Pacific island countries but remained in effect for the Philippines, Indonesia and Belau following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Friday off the Philippines. (Reuters)

Water levels at 3 damaged nuclear reactors fall twice

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Coolant water levels at 3 damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant briefly fell below the necessary level twice on Thursday. (NHKReloaded)

Apple loses patent suit against Samsung in Japan

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A Tokyo court has ruled that Samsung Electronics did not infringe Apple's patents for smartphones and tablet computers. (NHKReloaded)

Government to study genetic effects of radiation

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The Japanese government plans to study the possible effects of radiation on genes of people affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident. It will begin the tests in the next fiscal year. (NHKReloaded)

Japan prepares second mission to explore asteroid

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Little more than two years ago, in June 2010, one of the most astonishing space missions of recent times ended when Japan's Hayabusa mission landed samples of an asteroid in the Australian outback. Now Japan's space agency Jaxa is planning a new mission, Hayabusa 2, to land on another asteroid and look for clues as to how life on Earth began. (wired.co.uk)

Japan public pension fund hit by $26 bln Apr-June investment loss

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Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, suffered an investment loss of $26 billion in April-June, its first loss in three quarters, as the yen's strength and falls in domestic and foreign equities hurt its quarterly performance. (Reuters)

Deportee center hunger strike abates, detentions drag on

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Almost all of the detainees at the East Japan Immigration Control Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, have ended an 11-day hunger strike to protest their long detentions, a Tokyo-based volunteer group member said Friday. (Japan Times)

TEPCO rate hike for households goes into effect

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Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) on Saturday implemented a hike household electricity bills by 8.47%. The hike means that average households will pay about 360 yen more per month. (Japan Today)

Gov't adds 17 drugs to controlled substances list

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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare this week tightened Japan's drug control laws to ban the production and sale of 17 substances that are similar in chemical structure to existing hallucinogenic drugs. (Japan Today)

Tokyo city officials survey disputed islands

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Tokyo city officials planning to buy tiny islands at the center of a longtime territorial dispute with China surveyed the area Sunday on a visit meant to send a message of ownership. (abcnews.go.com)

Disaster areas hold 1st drills since March 2011

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Disaster drills were conducted in areas hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami as part of Saturday's Disaster Prevention Day. (Yomiuri)

Bullet train auto alert system

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Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains prove their mettle during the magnitude 9 earthquake with speeding trains on all affected routes coming to a safe halt thanks to an automated alert system that triggers a shutdown in the early stages of a temblor. (NHKReloaded)

Comedian 'Sugi-chan' injures back on set

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Popular comedian "Sugi-chan" injured his back on Saturday after jumping off a 10-meter diving board at a pool during the filming of a television show, TV Asahi Corp. said the same day. (Yomiuri)

Tokyo Metro employee arrested for taking upskirt photos

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A Tokyo Metro employee has been arrested by police after it was revealed he had secretly been taking videos up women's skirts at stations and in train cars. (Japan Today)

Man beaten to death in Roppongi club brawl

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A group of 10 men in ski masks and armed with metal bats beat a man to death early Sunday during a fight in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district, reports the Asahi Shimbun. (Tokyo Reporter)

Establishment of new Japan political party agreed

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The secretary general of the local political group Osaka Ishin no Kai (Osaka Restoration Association) and five Diet members agreed Saturday on the campaign promises of the party they plan to form to compete in the next House of Representatives election, participants of their meeting said. (Mainichi)

Work to dismantle major Kumamoto dam under way

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Work to dismantle the Arase Dam in the Kuma River, the first to be decommissioned among all dams in Japan built under the River Act, got under way on Sept. 1. (Mainichi)

1st combined liver-kidney transplant concludes successfully

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Japan's first combined liver-kidney transplant from a brain-dead donor was successfully carried out at Okayama University Hospital, the surgeon in charge said Sunday. (Mainichi)
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