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Nikkei marks best 1-day rise in 3 weeks, Nomura rebounds

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Japan's Nikkei share average climbed more than 2 percent to mark its biggest one-day rise in three weeks on Tuesday, as investors scooped up battered stocks such as financials, which had fallen from recent peaks into bear market territory. (Reuters)

Japan to keep ban on online sales of certain drugs

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Japan will keep a ban on online sales of certain over-the-counter drugs due to safety concerns, government sources said Monday. (Jiji Press)

Stock, currency markets to calm down: Amari

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Japan's economic revitalization minister Akira Amari said at a press conference Tuesday that Japanese stock prices and the yen's exchange rates are expected to stop swinging wildly after passing through events seen as sources of the current market instability. (Jiji Press)

Wartime dud disposal halts bullet trains

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Work to dispose of an unexploded wartime shell has halted bullet trains in Tokyo. (NHK)

Jetstar Japan widens horizons

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Jetstar Japan will begin flying international routes within the next one to two years, in a move one of its cornerstone shareholders believes will be crucial to making the new budget airline profitable. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Japan's radiation disaster toll: none dead, none sick

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Heard much about Fukushima lately? You know, the disaster that spread deadly contamination across Japan and spelt the end for the nuclear industry. (The Age)

Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko to visit central, eastern Europe

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Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, will make official visits to three countries in central and eastern Europe later this month to attend events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan. (Jiji Press)

Honda drives Japan to World Cup qualification

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Japan became the first side to qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil when playmaker Keisuke Honda scored an injury-time penalty to claim a 1-1 draw with Australia in a dramatic finale in Saitama on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Abe aims to boost Japan per capita income by 1.5 mil. yen in 10 yrs

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce Wednesday that his government will aim to boost Japan's per capita gross national income by more than 1.5 million yen ($14,970) in 10 years under the upcoming economic growth strategy, sources close to him said. (Kyodo)

Japanese shares suffer another setback after speech by Prime Minister Abe

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Disappointment at Japan's latest package of measures designed to boost its economy combined with continuing uncertainty over the course of U.S. monetary policy following mixed economic news to weigh on markets Wednesday. (therepublic.com)

Japan approves ban on tax hike-linked discount sales

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Japan's House of Councillors passed into law Wednesday a bill banning adverting of discount sales that are overtly designed to offset the impact of the two-stage consumption tax increase in 2014 and 2015. (Jiji Press)

Abe's growth strategy hit for lack of details

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday revealed his set of structural reforms to boost the economy, ranging from creating special economic zones to easing rules to set up international schools, but failed to impress market players as the Nikkei dropped sharply. (Japan Times)

Japan dotcom jailbird back in business

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Maverick Internet tycoon Takafumi Horie, who was jailed for accounting fraud, said Wednesday Japan's online landscape was prime territory for his aggressive style of business. (france24.com)

Climbers told to avoid reckless ascent of Mt. Fuji

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Prefectural governments in the area of Mount Fuji are urging climbers to exercise caution in ascending Japan's highest peak. (NHK)

Another contaminated water leak at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant

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The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said it had found another leak of contaminated water on Wednesday, piling pressure on the utility to curb the problem as it seeks permission to release water to the sea. (Reuters)

Japan's fertility rate hits 16-year high

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Japan's total fertility rate in 2012 hit a 16-year high of 1.41, while the number of births fell to a new low of 1,037,101, the government said Wednesday. (Kyodo)

Osaka leaders' Osprey offer shakes local residents

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Local residents have been unnerved by an offer by Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto to host part of flight training for the U.S. MV-22 Osprey aircraft at an airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. (Jiji Press)

9 more Fukushima people found with thyroid cancer

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Nine more Fukushima Prefecture people who were aged 18 or under when Japan's worst nuclear crisis began in the northeastern prefecture in March 2011 have been found to have thyroid cancer, it was learned Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Vaunted Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniversary

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Tateyama, Toyama Pref., June 5 (Jiji Press)--Kurobe Dam marked the 50th anniversary of its completion on Wednesday with a ceremony to remember the 171 people who died during its construction deep in a steep mountain range in central Japan. (Jiji Press)

Japan Spring whaling haul at record low

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Japanese whalers hunting the mammals in the northwestern Pacific caught a record-low 34 minke whales this Spring, the fisheries agency said Thursday, blaming bad weather. (phys.org)
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