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Japan's homerun king Balentien arrested for domestic violence

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Japan's homerun king Wladimir Balentien has been arrested in Florida on domestic violence charges. (NHK)

Japan current account deficit hits $5.73 bn in November

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Japan posted a current account deficit of 592.8 billion yen ($5.73 billion) in November, slipping into the red for the second straight month amid the yen's fall and growing demand for energy, the Government said on Tuesday. (Business Line)

Police fire at fleeing driver after he rams patrol car

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Police fired shots at the driver of a stolen car as he rammed a patrol car in a bid to escape in Osaka on Monday morning. (Japan Today)

Tokyo's Nikkei index down over 3%

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Tokyo stocks have tumbled more than three per cent, hit by a stronger yen and tracking heavy losses on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected US jobs data. (Sky News)

Tennis: Nishikori comes through five-setter in Melbourne

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Asian number one Kei Nishikori endured a grueling five-set marathon in the Melbourne heat before taking his place in the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-3 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 win over Marinko Matosevic on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Japan fuel oil-fired power to halve if nuclear energy comes back strong

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Japan's use of fuel oil to generate power is set to fall over the next fiscal year to levels not seen since before the Fukushima disaster, if enough of the country's nuclear reactors are allowed back online. (Reuters)

Coming of Age Day events held across Japan

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Coming of Age Day ceremonies were held across Japan on Monday. The internal affairs ministry estimates that 1.21 million men and women turned 20 last year. It is the lowest number since the ministry began making estimates in 1968. The number peaked at 2.46 million in 1970. (NHK)

Toray chairman named next Keidanren head

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The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has appointed the chairman of chemical fiber maker Toray, Sadayuki Sakakibara, as its new chief. (NHK)

Japan to tax sales of content downloaded from abroad

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Japan is planning to tax sales of foreign online content such as e-books, apps and downloaded music by late 2015. (networkworld.com)

Japan rejects U.N. request to transport troops in S. Sudan

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Japan has turned down a U.N. request to transport military personnel and weapons as part of its peacekeeping operations in crisis-hit South Sudan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday. (Global Post)

Japan Air says smoke came from Boeing 787 battery

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Japan Airlines Co Ltd said it temporarily grounded one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners on Tuesday after white smoke was spotted outside the plane as cockpit warning lights indicated potential problems with the main battery and charger, and a battery cell appeared to be leaking. (Reuters)

Wristwatches for runners enjoying brisk sales in Japan

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Wristwatches designed for runners are attracting brisk demand in Japan on the back of growing interest in participating in marathons. (Jiji Press)

Toyota's sports coupe unveiled at Detroit show

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Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled its boldly designed FT-1 sports coupe concept car on the opening day of the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday. Toyota hopes that the FT-1 will attract young people partly because of its race car exterior. (The Japan News)

Koizumi backs fellow ex-PM in opposing nuclear power

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Two former Japanese prime ministers challenged incumbent Shinzo Abe's pro-nuclear power policy on Tuesday, with charismatic Junichiro Koizumi backing ex-premier Morihiro Hosokawa's bid to become Tokyo governor on a platform opposing atomic energy. (Reuters)

Japan PM Shinzo Abe eyes African business ties

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Japan should increase its business links with the fast-growing economies in Africa, "the continent that carries the hopes of the world", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. (BBC)

Missing 11-year-old girl found unharmed

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An 11-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has been found, police said Wednesday. (Japan Today)

Couple suspected of over 150 cases of pickpocketing in game arcades

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Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a 24-year-old man and his 17-year-old girl on charges of pickpocketing at game arcades. Police said the couple are suspected of lifting purses and wallets from at least 150 people since last November. (Japan Today)

Suntory's bid for Beam a big risk

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Suntory Holdings' proposed $16 billion buyout of the firm behind Jim Beam bourbon would mark its biggest foreign trophy yet, but analysts warn it will burden the Japanese drinks giant with heavy debt-and may stoke a bidding war. (The West)

Navy to move Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to Japan next year

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The Navy said Tuesday it would move the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan from San Diego to Japan next year so another carrier could come home for maintenance. (latimes.com)

Nikkei logs best day in 4 months after Tuesday's slide

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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average climbed 2.5 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day gain in four months, buoyed by a robust U.S. retail sales report that soothed concerns the pace of growth in the world's largest economy was slowing. (Reuters)
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