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Amari to return to work Thurs.

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Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari will return to work on Thursday morning, when he attends a cabinet meeting, the government said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

Japan to begin developing H3 rocket

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Japan's science ministry will start developing a next-generation mainstay rocket for commercial satellite launches in the fiscal year that begins next April. (NHK)

Japan compiles comprehensive anti-PM2.5 plan

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Japan's Environment Ministry plans to develop a system to accurately forecast the density of fine airborne particles known as PM2.5. (NHK)

Japan ranks high in child poverty rate among 31 nations surveyed

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Japan ranked sixth in children's overall happiness, but 21st in the category of material well-being, reflecting a high poverty rate, according to a survey of 31 economically advanced countries. (Asahi)

UN bullet supply deal highlights Tokyo-Seoul rifts

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The awkward exchange between Tokyo and Seoul over ammunition Japan provided to South Korean troops taking part in a United Nations peacekeeping operation highlights the deep diplomatic difficulties between the two neighbors. (Wall Street Journal)

Japan mob-linked bank faces more punitive action

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Japan's financial watchdog will order Mizuho, one of the country's biggest banks, to suspend part of its loan business as additional punishment for its links to organised crime, reports said on Wednesday. (channelnewsasia.com)

Nakaima 'set' to approve Henoko plan

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Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima is expected to approve land reclamation work in the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, as early as Thursday, paving the way for relocating the U.S. Marines Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan 18 years after the Japanese and U.S. governments agreed to relocate the facility from a densely populated area in the prefecture, according to several sources. (Yomiuri)

Nikkei climbs to 6-year high, driven by retail investors

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Tokyo's Nikkei share average climbed to a more than six-year high on Thursday, driven by buying from retail investors as tax-free investment accounts aimed at driving Japanese savings into stocks kicked off. (business-standard.com)

Abe visit to Yasukuni Shrine certain to raise tensions in Asia

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, ending a year of self-restraint that did not bear much fruit in an attempt to improve Japan's relations with its closest neighbors, China and South Korea. (Kyodo)

Mt Fuji climbing fee set at Y1,000

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The Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectural governments said Wednesday that the climbing fee for Mt Fuji will be 1,000 yen and that it will be collected 24 hours a day from next summer. (Japan Today)

Baidu software tracks typing without consent

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The government has warned about 140 organizations, such as ministries and agencies as well as universities and research institutions, not to use a Japanese-language input method editor developed by Baidu Inc., China's largest search engine company, after it was found that all text data typed into computers using it are sent to Baidu's server, it has been learned. (Yomiuri)

Japan eyes completion of Fukushima radiation cleanup by March 2017

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The Environment Ministry said Thursday that it now aims to complete radiation cleanup activities in the most seriously contaminated areas outside the accident-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo)

U.S. expresses disappointment at Abe's Yasukuni visit

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The United States expressed disappointment at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday. (Jiji Press)

New volcanic isle joins Tokyo island of Nishinoshima

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A new island about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo has joined the neighboring island of Nishinoshima, the Japan Coast Guard said Thursday. (Jiji Press)

Ex-steelmaker president Sudo seen as next chairman of ailing TEPCO

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The government is making final arrangements to appoint Fumio Sudo, a former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., as the next chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., which is trying to restructure itself in the wake of the crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, sources close to the matter said Friday. (Kyodo)

Abe visits disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday visited the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Jiji Press)

Okinawa Gov. announces approval of landfill for base relocation

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Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima announced Friday that he has approved the Japanese government's application for landfill work that is part of the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base within the southernmost Japan prefecture. (Jiji Press)

Nikkei ekes out slim gain to log eighth straight day of rises

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Japan's Nikkei stock average eked out a slight gain on Friday, logging its highest close in six years, although Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd took a beating after it ended development of a treatment for diabetes. (NDTV)

War shrine shows limit in US support to Japan

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The United States on Thursday criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a war shrine visit that infuriated Japan's neighbors, in a rare break to usually unstinting US support to its ally. (AFP)

Japan consumer inflation tops 1 percent for first time in 5 years

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Japanese consumer inflation topped 1 percent in November for the first time in five years, making steady headway under the central bank's efforts to achieve a 2 percent inflation target via aggressive monetary stimulus. (Reuters)
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