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Families help Universal's sales soar

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Universal Studios Japan booked its second-highest sales total in fiscal 2012, thanks to a rise in family attendance, the Osaka-based theme park said Thursday. (Japan Times)

Japan consumer prices fall for 5th month in a row

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Japan's key retail-price gauge deflated in March from a year earlier, even as the index rose compared to February's levels, the Finance Ministry reported Friday. (MarketWatch)

ADB's new president is former Finance vice minister of Japan

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) has elected Takehiko Nakao, Japan's former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, as new president effective April 28. (gmanetwork.com)

Tokyo stocks close down 0.30%

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Tokyo stocks lost 0.30 per cent on Friday, dragged by a stronger yen ahead of a Bank of Japan decision to hold off unveiling any new measures to kick-start the economy. (news.com.au)

Japan on alert after H7N9 bird flu spreads to Taiwan

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Japan on Thursday urged renewed vigilance against a spread of H7N9 bird flu after Taiwan reported a case of the deadly strain, the world's first outside mainland China. (inquirer.net)

Japan OKs Dreamliners to fly again

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Japan has authorized passenger airlines to resume flights of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the country starting Friday, authorities said. (CNN)

Japan executes two death-row gangsters

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Japan said Friday it hanged two death-row inmates, in the first executions since a trio of convicted killers died in the gallows two months ago and drawing immediate protest from human rights groups. (New Straits Times)

Endangered seabird spotted off Hachijojima

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The black-footed albatross, a large seabird designated as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, has started nesting on an unhabited island near Hachijojima, Tokyo, in the Izu Islands chain, according to a report by a citizens group. (Yomiuri)

Grand Front Osaka opens

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Grand Front Osaka, a brand new commercial and residential complex, opened Friday in the center of Osaka. (Yomiuri)

Japan punishes U.S. asset management firm MRI

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Japanese financial authorities punished U.S. asset management firm MRI International Inc. on Friday on suspicion that it has lost most of its Japanese clients' assets, totaling over 130 billion yen. (Jiji Press)

School roads get brighter visuals to boost safety

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Work continues nationwide to mark school roads in green and other colors, in the wake of a fatal car accident on a road leading to a school in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, last April. (Yomiuri)

10 million sign petition for rescue of abductees from N Korea

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An association started by the family of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, is preparing to present a petition calling for the rescue of her and other abductees to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Japan Today)

Hamamatsu landslide widens

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A crack in the ground near the site of a Tuesday landslide at a tea plantation in Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu, was continuing to grow at a speed of 11.1 millimeters per hour as of 1 p.m. Friday. (Yomiuri)

Japan approves return to air of Boeing 787

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The Japanese and American authorities have lifted the final hurdles to the Boeing 787's return to commercial flights, more than three months after the plane's battery problems grounded the fleet. (New York Times)

Japan inflation to hit 2 pct in latter half of next 3 years -BOJ

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Japanese inflation is likely to rise to around 2 percent during the latter half of the coming three-year period covered in the Bank of Japan's latest semi-annual economic and price outlook, the central bank said on Friday. (Reuters)

Corporal punishment meted out by 840 teachers so far: survey

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A government survey says that 840 public school teachers used corporal punishment during a 10-month period starting in April 2012 - more than twice the 404 cases tallied in all of fiscal 2011. (Japan Times)

Retired JCG vessel 'sold without data wipe'

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A decommissioned Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel was sold to a demolition company run by a senior regional member of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), a pro-Pyongyang organization, without a JCG regional headquarters confirmation as to whether the vessel's navigation data was deleted, it has been learned. (Yomiuri)

China official clearly calls Senkaku core interest

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying clarified at a regular press conference Friday that the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea are part of the country's core interests concerning its territorial sovereignty. (Jiji Press)

Police believe man arrested in Aichi may be serial arsonist

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Police said Friday that a man arrested for setting fire to a tire in a housing complex in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, may also be responsible for other cases of arson. (Japan Today)

Holidaymakers' rush starts as Japan enters Golden Week

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Major airports, highways and railway stations in Japan were crowded with holidaymakers Saturday as the country entered the Golden Week spring holiday season. (Kyodo)
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