Manchester United stumbled to a 3-2 defeat against Japan's Yokohama Marinos Tuesday in their second loss in three games under new manager David Moyes. (supersport.com)
Man United humbled in Japan
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Japanese journalist clubbed by police during protest in Rio
A Japanese photographer for AFP suffered a head injury late Monday when he was clubbed by a riot police officer while covering a demonstration over public spending on the pope's visit to Brazil. (Japan Times)
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Popular Kiri brand cheese recalled in Japan
About 60,000 boxes of "Kiri" cheese have been recalled in Japan after metal fragments were found in the popular brand, its importer said Wednesday. (Global Post)
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Japan scrambles jets after China plane flies by southern islands
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after a Chinese military aircraft flew for the first time through international airspace near its southern islands out over the Pacific, in a move seen by Japan as underlining China's maritime expansion. (Reuters)
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Ex-US serviceman extradited to Japan over drugs
A former US serviceman has been extradited from the United States to Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling.
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China coast guard ships spotted near Senkakus for 1st time
The Japan Coast Guard has spotted Chinese coast guard ships for the first time near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Japanese officials said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)
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How Japan could go from deflation to hyperinflation in a heartbeat
"Abenomics," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-ballyhooed program of economic stimulus and structural reform is designed to attack the longstanding problem of deflation. (Wall Street Journal)
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Aso stirs pot with tax plot
The consumption tax is driving a wedge between government officials. On one side sits Finance Minister Taro Aso, a vocal advocate for sticking to the plan to hike the levy next April, while on the other high-ranking officials pussyfoot, insisting it is the prime minister's decision to make - sometime in the future. (Japan Times)
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Japan Post to move up listing to Spring 2015
Japan Post Holdings Co. intends to move up its stock listing to spring 2015, about half year earlier than previously planned, President Taizo Nishimuro said in an interview Wednesday. (Jiji Press)
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Japan briefed by 11 countries day after its TPP debut
Japan received a briefing by other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations about the current status of the talks Wednesday, a day after becoming the 12th member. (Kyodo)
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Toyota, Ford end hybrid partnership
Toyota Motor Corp. and Ford Motor Co. have ended a partnership to jointly develop gas-electric hybrid systems for trucks and sport utility vehicles, the automakers said Tuesday. (Japan Times)
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Japan export slowdown raises concern on China's economy
Japan's export growth unexpectedly eased in June from a year earlier in a worrying sign that China's slowing economy is hurting overseas demand and could potentially undermine Tokyo's efforts to revive the world's third-biggest economy. (Reuters)
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Kaieda 'asked Kan to leave' defeated DPJ
Amid turmoil erupting within the Democratic Party of Japan due to its massive defeat in Sunday's House of Councillors election, DPJ President Banri Kaieda is believed to have urged former Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit the party Wednesday, describing Kan's support for an independent candidate in the recent race as a rebellion against the DPJ. (Yomiuri)
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Meiji to raise milk prices by 1%-4%
Meiji Co. has said it will raise the shipment prices of 16 milk products by about 1 percent to 4 percent on Oct. 1. (Yomiuri)
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Sony head-mounted monitor to hit market
Sony Corp. has said it will release head-mounted equipment that enables doctors to watch high-resolution three-dimensional images inside the bodies of patients during endoscopic surgeries. (Yomiuri)
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Man arrested over fatal hit-and-run in Ibaraki
Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 23-year-old company employee over the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old youth in Ibaraki Prefecture. (Japan Today)
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Flower-decorated floats parade in Kyoto
Floats adorned with flowers and textiles along with women donning flower-decorated hats paraded through Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on Wednesday. (NHK)
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Big bust shows guys still hankering for hefty hookers
The raid earlier this month of a club staffed with overweight women shows that the market for bulked-up babes remains firm. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Visitors to Japan hit record high in Jan.-June
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in January-June rose 22.8 pct from a year before to an estimated 4,954,600, hitting a record high for the first-half period, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)
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Tokyo stocks close down 1.14%
TOKYO stocks have closed 1.14 per cent lower as a stronger yen helped erase early gains stoked by strong data on US new home sales. (news.com.au)
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