The Japanese government will promote the use of robots to start a new industrial revolution and double the size of the robotics market in the manufacturing sector by 2020. (NHK)
Robotics to boost economic growth in Japan
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Car stolen with two young children in back seat
Police in Ome, Tokyo, said Monday that car with two young children in the back seat was stolen just after noon on Sunday. The car was found just over 20 minutes later only two kilometers away from where it had been stolen with the children crying but unharmed. (Japan Today)
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10 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning while filming near old mine shaft
Ten people, including some members of a pop idol group, suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and had to be taken to hospital for treatment, while filming scenes for a TV drama at an old mine near Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. (Japan Today)
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Nikkei drops on Iraq anxiety; chip-related shares rise on Intel
Japanese stocks dropped to a
two-week low on Monday as oil prices extended gains as the
insurgency in Iraq raised concerns about potential disruption to
oil exports, but chip-related firms outperformed on Intel Corp's
rosy outlook. (Reuters)
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Hashimoto says allied soldiers raped women after D-Day
Allied soldiers liberating France during World War II raped French women after pushing back the Germans, an outspoken Japanese politician has claimed, as Tokyo comes under pressure over its wartime system of sex slavery. (AFP)
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BoJ chief sticks his neck out, pressures Japanese PM Abe for action
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has a simple message for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: It`s time to fire the `third arrow` of reform or risk squandering the efforts of the past 18 months to revive the Japanese economy. (zeenews)
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Fukuoka couple arrested for murder in missing persons case
Fukuoka Prefectural Police on Monday re-arrested a married couple already charged with theft on murder charges in connection with a string of disappearances, reports the Mainichi Shimbun (June 16). (Tokyo Reporter)
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79-year-old woman beats husband to death after arguing about past girlfriends
Police in Nakaimachi, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Tuesday they have arrested a 79-year-old woman for beating to death her 79-year-old husband at their home. (Japan Today)
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Former employee arrested for poisoning Saitama aquarium fish
A former employee of an aquarium in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, has been arrested for killing hundreds of fish and damaging property at the aquarium in April. (Japan Today)
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Retrial request filed for 1957 Sunagawa 4
Four of the seven people found guilty of entering a former U.S. base in the Tokyo town of Sunagawa, now the city of Tachikawa, in 1957 during a demonstration filed for a retrial with Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. (Jiji Press)
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Survey finds 55% of women prefer freedom to marriage
In its annual report released Tuesday, the government said there was a need to realize an environment that enables people to work and raise children at the same time, to cope with an increase in unmarried young people and the growing trend of later pregnancy. (The Japan News)
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14-year-old girl escapes kidnap attempt in Chiba
Police are looking for a man who forced a 14-year-old girl into his car on a lonely road in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday morning. The girl was able to free herself after another car came along, but the suspect drove off. (Japan Today)
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Japan trade deficit shrinks in May following tax hike
Japan's goods trade deficit shrank in May for the second straight month, as imports were tepid with the first consumption tax hike in 17 years from April 1 dragging down personal spending and industrial output at home, the government said Wednesday. (Kyodo)
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Japan facing early exit if mistakes go unheeded against Greece
Japan must beat Greece on Thursday to stand any realistic chance of surviving at the World Cup, but a repeat of Saturday's performance in a frustrating defeat to Cote d'Ivoire will bring nothing but an early ticket home. (Japan Times)
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Japan's Article 9: will it be revised or get the Nobel Peace Prize?
In April news broke that the Norwegian Nobel Committee had accepted the nomination of the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's constitution as a candidate for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The so-called peace clause forbids Japan from using force to settle international disputes; force may only be used within the 'minimum necessary level' for individual self-defence. (East Asia Forum)
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Tokyo cops bust uncensored porn ring, seize 18,000 DVDs
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Wednesday announced the bust of an Internet mail order business that sold illegal pornographic DVDs, reports TBS News (June 18). (Tokyo Reporter)
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Squid avoid warmer waters off Japan; catches decline by 35%
Rising sea temperatures are pushing Japanese common squid populations toward the Korean Peninsula, leaving Japanese fishermen with dwindling catches and fears for the future of their livelihoods, industry officials said. (Asahi)
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Japan to open more embassies to counter Chinese criticism
The Japanese government plans to open new embassies and consulates in regions such as Caribbean states, Central Asia and Africa, in a bid to counter China's growing criticism overseas of Japan over a group of islands in the East China Sea and conflicting views of history, sources told The Nikkei on Wednesday. (Nikkei)
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Tokyo stocks close up 0.93pc, Nikkei 225 index climbed 139.83 points
Tokyo stocks closed up 0.93 percent on Wednesday with a stronger dollar supporting exporters, as investors wait for the US Federal Reserve to wrap up a policy meeting later in the day.
(brecorder.com)
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Govt. aims to double foreign visitors by 2020
Japan's government aims to increase the number of foreign visitors to 20 million annually by 2020, when Tokyo hosts the Summer Olympic Games. (NHK)
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