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Japan's Rakuten launches online video service Wuaki.tv in U.K.

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The U.K. online video marketplace has its latest competitor with Japan's e-commerce giant Rakuten launching Wuaki.tv to take on Netflix, Amazon's LoveFilm and Tesco's Blinkbox. (hollywoodreporter.com)

Fukushima fish hit local markets

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Fish caught off the coast of Fukushima are being sold at local markets after test-catches resumed, following a suspension over concerns of radioactive water leaks. (NHK)

Japan suspends senior official over tsunami victims blog

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Japan's government on Thursday suspended a senior bureaucrat who blogged about the pointlessness of rebuilding tsunami-wrecked towns because they were populated mostly by economically unproductive old people. (foxnews.com)

Japan coach gets suspended jail over abused teen suicide

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A Japanese court on Thursday gave a suspended jail sentence to a former basketball coach for repeated physical abuse of a teenage boy who later killed himself. (foxnews.com)

Russia threatens travel restrictions for Japanese officials to disputed islands

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Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it will ban visa-free travel for Japanese officials to the disputed Kurile islands if Japan continues to make statements assuming ownership of the islands. (Reuters)

Abe urges U.N. to put disaster risk reduction on development agenda

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged the United Nations on Wednesday to make disaster risk reduction a key development agenda item to follow the Millennium Development Goals. (Jiji Press)

Fukushima Daiichi underwater fences breached

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The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says underwater barriers in the facility's port have been breached. The so-called silt fences are intended to prevent the spread of radioactive materials. (NHK)

Line to regulate sending messages by under 18s

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App provider Line Corp. said it will prohibit Line users under the age of 18 who have a certain type of smartphone from using a Line ID to call or exchange messages with other users, effective on Monday. (Yomiuri)

Current account deposit at BOJ tops 100 tril. yen

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Commercial bank deposits at the Bank of Japan have hit a record high, as the central bank continues its bold monetary easing policy. (NHK)

Japan bathroom giant Lixil buys Grohe in $4.1 bn deal

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Japanese bathroom giant Lixil Group has agreed to buy Germany's Grohe in a $4.1 billion deal, its second purchase in recent months and one that would turn it into the sector's biggest global player. (Global Post)

S. Korean lawmakers aim to punish flag use

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Lawmakers of the South Korean ruling party have introduced a bill to penalize the use of the Rising Sun flag in that country. (Yomiuri)

Monju reactor operator draws up reform measures

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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency came up with a set of reform proposals Thursday following a series of problems, including flawed inspections at its Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor. (Jiji Press)

Imperial couple attends ceremony in Tokyo

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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako have attended an event to celebrate the 20th year of an international youth exchange program. (NHK)

Japan, U.S. agree to organic imports deal

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The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other's organic products. (Yomiuri)

Tepco to resume testing on ALPS water filter

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to resume testing of the ALPS water processing system Friday and add a new ALPS machine next September, raising hopes that radiation in the water churned out by the Fukushima No. 1 plant can be reduced to safer levels. (Japan Times)

Apple ordered to pay over 300 m. yen for patent infringement

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Tokyo District Court ordered the Japanese unit of Apple Inc. to pay 336 million yen in compensation to a Tokyo-based software developer for violating the developer's patented technology. (Jiji Press)

9 Japan firms fined 740 m. dollars in U.S. auto parts price-fixing

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Nine Japanese companies have agreed to pay a total of more than 740 million dollars in criminal fines for conspiracies to fix prices of auto parts sold in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

Woman detained after school reports non-attendance of her daughter

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Police are questioning a 27-year-old woman in Fukuoka over the fate of her 7-year-old daughter after the school in which she was enrolled reported that the child had not attended school even once. (Japan Today)

Missing Chiba girl found unharmed at shrine

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A 17-year-old girl who has been missing since July 13 was found unharmed on Thursday on the premises of a Shinto shrine in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture. (Japan Today)

Tokyo stocks close down 0.26pc, Nikkei 225 index gave up 39.05 points

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Tokyo stocks closed down 0.26 percent on Friday, as investors gear up for a string of Japanese data next week and a government decision on hiking the nation's consumption tax. (brecorder.com)
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