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Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have renewed their friendship with Palau President Tommy Remengesau. (NHK)

Pokémon Go may be a smash hit in the US, Canada, UK, New Zealand and about 20 other countries -- but did you know that nobody is playing the game in the Japan? (engadget.com)

A Japanese court has sentenced a South Korean man to 4 years in prison in connection with an explosion at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. (NHK)

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said. (Jiji Press)

Police in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, said Tuesday they have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he injured four people in a library with a knife. (Japan Today)

Japan's nuclear regulator has urged the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to reduce the risk of leaking of highly radioactive water from the facility into the sea, in case of another tsunami. (NHK)

As the world reeled from the shock Brexit vote, the founder of SoftBank was sitting in a Turkish restaurant by the sea trying to persuade the bosses of ARM to let him buy Britain's most successful technology company. (the-japan-news.com)

Hyogo Prefectural Police have arrested an elderly man for the theft of packages of grilled eel from a supermarket in Nishinomiya City, reports the Sankei Shimbun. (Tokyo Reporter)

A 36-year-old part-time convenience store employee has won the 155th Akutagawa Prize, a prestigious literary award, for a book that explores life in and around convenience stores, the selection committee announced. (Japan Times)

The smash-hit mobile game Pokemon Go will launch in Japan on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday on its digital edition, citing people familiar with the matter. (Japan Today)

The much-awaited Japanese launch of "Pokemon Go," a smartphone game that has touched off a craze after its rollout in the U.S. and elsewhere, may be imminent under a tie-up deal with McDonald's Co.(Japan), sources said. (Nikkei)

Veteran Japanese television personality and former upper house member Kyosen Ohashi died of acute respiratory failure at a Chiba hospital on July 12, his office said Wednesday. He was 82. (Japan Today)

Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested a 40-year-old professional golfer for the possession of illegal drugs in Fukuoka City, reports the Sankei Shimbun (July 19). (Tokyo Reporter)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 struck the Kanto region at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday. It was the third moderate quake to hit the region since last Sunday. (Japan Today)

A bilingual guideline designed for sexual minorities during times of natural disasters has been published in a bid to raise public awareness about problems they may face at emergency shelters. (Japan Times)

Three people were injured on Tuesday after a substance with an "offensive smell" was sprayed inside a car of the JR Yamanote Line, reports the TV Asahi. (Tokyo Reporter)

Foreign tourism is on track to break the record set in 2015 after an estimated 11.71 million visited Japan in the first half, up 28 percent from a year ago, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday. (Japan Times)

Gamers in Japan, home of Nintendo Co's (7974.T) Pokemon, waited in vain on Wednesday for the launch of its smash-hit mobile game amid reports that the developers behind it had hit the brakes, concerned that overwhelming demand would overload server capacity. (Reuters)

Yamato Transport and DeNA are joining forces to conduct field trials of a door-to-door parcel delivery service using self-driving vehicles. (Nikkei)

The government will introduce new rules on running Japanese language schools to eliminate poorly managed ones and keep the educational quality at an adequate level, sources said Wednesday. (Japan Times)

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