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Japan's consumer prices up 0.8% in August, biggest increase in 5 yrs

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Japan's consumer prices rose 0.8 percent in August from a year earlier on higher gasoline and other energy prices, posting the highest margin of increase since November 2008, government data showed Friday. (Kyodo)

Japan defends 'Gordon Gekko' line by prime minister Shinzo Abe

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The Japanese government has defended comments by the prime minister where he compared Japan to Wall Street titan-turned-criminal Gordon Gekko. (couriermail.com.au)

Cargo ships crash off japan coast, 6 crew missing

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Two cargo ships collided south of Tokyo early Friday, and the coast guard was searching for six crew missing from the smaller vessel. (abcnews.go.com)

Koizumi tells Abe: Keep up the good work on China!

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Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's blistering attack on Japan's current pro-nuclear energy policy in front of the cameras Tuesday was seen in most quarters as essentially a public chiding of Shinzo Abe, his former star pupil. (Wall Street Journal)

Japanese-designed skyscraper opens at ground zero in N.Y.

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A skyscraper designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki opened on Wednesday at Ground Zero in New York, the site for the former World Trade Center complex destroyed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. (Jiji Press)

Japanese emperor, empress to be cremated once they die

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The bodies of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will be cremated once they die, a historic change from burial under the earth that has lasted for about 350 years since the early Edo period for the Emperors, Imperial Household Agency chief Noriyuki Kazaoka said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

China off the hook for smog surge in Japan with volcano now being blamed

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Just days after elevated levels of toxic PM2.5 particles in the air above parts of Japan were blamed on pollution from China, scientists identified an erupting volcano as the real culprit. (South China Morning Post)

Tokyo police arrest Chinese with possible murder knowledge

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-Japanese police have arrested a Chinese man who possibly knows something about a 1995 murder case in Tokyo for an alleged violation of the Japanese passport law. (Jiji Press)

German fugitive put on wanted list turns himself in

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Police detained a 25-year-old German national on Thursday, who was put on a nationwide wanted list earlier in the day on suspicion of aggravated escape from custody, after he turned himself in at a police station in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

Japan medical team arrives at Philippine isle

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Tacloban, the Philippines, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)--The main part of a Japanese emergency medical team arrived at Tacloban, one of the worst-hit areas in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, on Thursday night. (Jiji Press)

Japanese assembly member detained in China over stimulants possession

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A 70-year-old Japanese city assembly member has been detained in China on suspicion of possessing stimulant drugs, the municipal government of Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, said Friday. (Kyodo)

Japan slashes greenhouse-gas reduction goal on nuclear shutdown

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Japan on Friday drastically weakened its greenhouse-gas reduction target, bowing to the impact of a shuttered nuclear power industry but drawing international criticism at U.N. climate change talks. (Reuters)

Tokyo cops bust Thai transvestite clubs for immigration violations, arrest 7

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Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday announced the bust of two transvestite clubs featuring Thai hostesses in Yushima district of Bunkyo Ward for illegal employment. (Tokyo Reporter)

Nikkei hits six-month high on talk of further intervention

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The Nikkei rose almost 3% to hit a six-month high overnight after comments in parliament by the Japanese finance minister on currency intervention. (investmentweek.co.uk)

Beatles legend watches Hakuho's latest triumph

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho put on a show for Beatles legend Paul McCartney on Thursday, preserving his share of the lead with a clinical win on the fifth day of action at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. (newsfiber.com)

TEPCO to start fuel removal from Fukushima No. 4 unit Monday

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it will start removing nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant from Monday. (Kyodo)

Sony launches PlayStation 4 in North America

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Sony's new PlayStation 4 game console has hit store shelves in North America, 7 years after its predecessor the PS3 launched there. (NHK)

New US ambassador Caroline Kennedy arrives in Japan

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Caroline Kennedy, the lone surviving child of slain US president John F. Kennedy, arrived in Tokyo Friday to take up the post of US ambassador to Japan, pledging to boost ties. (inquirer.net)

Japan triples 'Yolanda' aid package to over $30M

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Japan said Friday it was tripling its emergency aid package for the typhoon-ravaged Philippines to more than $30 million, as Tokyo prepares to send as many as 1,000 troops to help with relief efforts. (inquirer.net)

Japan factory explosion kills two

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An explosion at a recycling factory close to Tokyo late Friday afternoon killed two people and injured 16, according to Japanese media. (channelnewsasia.com)
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