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Man arrested for fatally stabbing sleeping roommate

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A man has been arrested for fatally stabbing his roommate at their apartment here while the victim was asleep, police said. (Mainichi)

Yamanaka criticizes high patent medical technologies royalties

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A Kyoto University professor says companies should not charge high patent royalties for new medical technologies to allow everyone to benefit from them. (NHKReloaded)

PM Noda orders speeding up of decontamination

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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has instructed Environment Minister Hiroyuku Nagahama to speed up the decontamination of the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. (NHKReloaded)

British-Japanese duo win Nobel

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Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John B. Gurdon of Britain won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their groundbreaking work on stem cells, the jury said. (thefrontierpost.com)

World leaders meet on disaster management in Japan

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Politicians and aid officials will gather in Japan's quake- and tsunami-hit northeast Tuesday to discuss what lessons can be learned from disasters. Pre-emptive measures to reduce damage -- and save lives -- when nature strikes will be top of the agenda at this two-day conference, part of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. (AFP)

Man who fell in anti-Japan protest in China dies

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A man seriously injured at the scene of an anti-Japan protest in southern China last month has reportedly died. This is the first confirmed death related to a recent spate of demonstrations against Japan. (NHKReloaded)

DNA study reveals genetic traits for skin problem

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Japanese scientists have identified the genetic characteristics of people likely to suffer from chronic skin problems. (NHKReloaded)

Thailand nabs suspect in '93 murder

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A Thai murder suspect who escaped from Japan in 1993 was arrested Sunday while traveling by long-distance bus from Bangkok to his home in southern Thailand, police said Sunday. (Japan Times)

Japan's recovery in the spotlight

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From the defeated nation of World War II to an economic power: it was a great leap forward that Japan showed off to the world when it last hosted the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in 1964. (BBC)

Study: Eating dinner late leads to obesity

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Eating late dinners can disrupt the biological clock that determines a person's daily circadian rhythm, leading to obesity and diabetes, according to a Waseda University research team. (Yomiuri)

Gangster snuck syringe into detention facility

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A senior gang member smuggled a syringe into a detention facility despite undergoing a physical examination, police said. (Yomiuri)

Kitakyushu pub gutted by suspicious fire

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A pub in a commercial building in the Kokura district in Kitakyushu was burned down in an apparent arson early Monday, just weeks after it removed a sticker advocating breaking ties with organized crime. (Yomiuri)

Chinese ships enter contiguous zone near Senkakus for 7th straight day

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Chinese surveillance vessels entered the contiguous zone around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday for the seventh consecutive day, the Japan Coast Guard said. (Mainichi)

Toymakers move into girls' apparel business

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With the national decline in the number of children, two major toymakers have begun selling casual apparel to attract girls who have outgrown toys. (Yomiuri)

China banks pull out of IMF Tokyo meet amid island dispute

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China's state-owned banks will not attend the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank to be held in Tokyo starting Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, the latest sign that a territorial dispute has strained ties between Asia's two biggest economies. (Reuters)

Popular cell phone novels now available in English

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Some of the top-selling books in Japan are cell phone novels. Now, eMobo is the first English-language app to offer this "keitai shosetsu" (cell phone novel) trend, to a much broader audience. (Japan Today)

IMF cuts Japan growth forecast

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The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for Japan's growth this year and 2013, saying a slowdown in disaster reconstruction spending will weigh on the world's third-largest economy. (ninemsn)

Japan police arrest German anti-whaling activist

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Japanese police have arrested a 25-year-old German activist on suspicion of damaging a statue of a whaler in the town of Taiji, western Japan, a spokesman said. (AFP)

Japan, South Korea agree to end currency swap deal end-Oct

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Japan and South Korea have agreed to let a bilateral currency swap arrangement expire as planned at the end of this month, Japan's finance ministry said on Tuesday. (Reuters)

TEPCO says water level high enough to cool reactor-1

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The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says melted fuel at the bottom of the No.1 reactor is being kept cool. Tokyo Electric Power Company says its latest probe reveals the water level in the reactor's containment vessel is at 2.8 meters - enough to stop the fuel from overheating. (NHKReloaded)
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