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As world dials back death penalty, Japan heads in opposite direction

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Two gangsters were hanged in Japan last week. More executions are likely under new Prime Minister Abe, who has expressed strong support for the death penalty - and says the public backs him. (csmonitor.com)

Olympic: IOC not to penalize Tokyo for criticizing Istanbul's 2020 bid

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The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it would not be penalizing Tokyo after the Japanese capital's governor Naoki Inose made comments deemed critical of rival Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo)

Man gored to death in Japan bull ring

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A bull has gored to death a 40-year-old man in southern Japan just a month after attacking his father and breaking the older man's ribs. (The Australian)

Kochi rail execs resign for using name of Yamaguchi-gumi boss to threaten shareholder

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Tosa Electric Railway on Monday announced the resignation of two top executives over revelations that the name of a gang boss was used to threaten a shareholder (Tokyo Reporter)

Gun shots at Yamanashi onsen likely linked to yakuza feud

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In what Yamanashi Prefectural Police believe is connected to an ongoing fight between organized crime groups in Yamanashi Prefecture, a vehicle registered to gang members was shot at on Tuesday morning in the hot springs area of Fuefuki City. (Tokyo Reporter)

Abenomics haunted by ghost of General MacArthur

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to revise Japan's pacifist constitution for the first time risks alienating voters who support his economic agenda and dividing his coalition government before July elections. (Bloomberg)

Japanese islands fear getting caught in the middle of a conflict with China

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Senkaku/Diaoyu island chain has islanders just south of the contested real estate in somewhat of a bind.The local government on Japan's Yonaguni Island was in the middle of a promising deal to allow the installation of a radar base - something the dying local economy desperately needed. (businessinsider.com)

Taro Aso 'gang style' t-shirts

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When Finance Minister Taro Aso set off for a G20 meeting earlier this year, he did it in style, sporting a natty felt hat, pulled rakishly down over one eye. No sooner had he stepped out in public in this getup than Twitter was abuzz with comments celebrating the finance minister's "gangster style." (Japan Pulse)

JAL conducts 1st Boeing 787 test flight since battery troubles

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Japan Airlines Co. on Thursday conducted its first test flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet since the worldwide grounding of the aircraft due to battery troubles in January. (Kyodo)

Mother of suicide boy files slander charge against 3 bullies

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Three high school boys are to be charged with slandering a classmate who committed suicide as a result of bullying in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture. (Japan Today)

Toyota boss to take wheel at Nurburgring

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The motor-sport loving president of Japanese auto giant Toyota, will get behind the wheel in the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race in Germany later this month, a company spokesman said Wednesday. (Global Post)

Minister eyes scholarship for short-term overseas study

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Education minister Hakubun Shimomura unveiled Wednesday a plan for the government to provide scholarship to help high school graduates take part in short-term overseas study programs that would fill the period after graduation if universities shift their admissions to fall. (Kyodo)

Man beats girlfriend's mother with golf club

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A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly bashing his girlfriend's mother with a golf club and trying to strangle his 22-year-old girlfriend and her 1-year-old baby in Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture. (News On Japan)

Tokyo shares close 0.76pc lower, Nikkei 225 index ended down 105.31 points

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Tokyo shares closed 0.76 percent lower on Thursday as the yen remained strong, despite a decision by the US central bank to keep its easy money policies in place to bolster the world's biggest economy. (brecorder.com)

Japanese Crown Princess Masako meets parents in Amsterdam

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Visiting Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako met with the parents of the Crown Princess, who live in The Hague, at a hotel in Amsterdam on Wednesday night. (Jiji Press)

What's worrying the Bank of Japan?

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Some members of the Bank of Japan have expressed concerns over the central bank's ambitious new monetary policies, warning that overly aggressive action could discourage lending, or produce otherwise unwanted side effects. (CNN)

Monetary base hits record high of 155 tril. yen

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The nation's monetary base stood at 155.28 trillion yen at the end of April, up by about 9.24 trillion yen or 6.3 percent, for the second straight month of record highs, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. (Yomiuri)

North Korea may start up reactor soon

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North Korea could be ready within weeks to start operating a light-water reactor that has triggered growing concern amid the regime's vows to build more nuclear weapons, researchers said Wednesday. (Japan Times)

Japan and Russia: Trade before territory?

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting Russia for the first full summit between the countries in a decade. He has taken a delegation of more than 120 business leaders with him to Russia - the biggest ever economic mission to the country. (Aljazeera)

Greying Japan celebrates Children's Day with carp streamers

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Colourful carp-shaped streamers fluttered all over Japan on Thursday as an increasingly elderly nation readied to pray for the health of young sons and mark Children's Day. (Channel NewsAsia)
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