An estimated 2.01 million people in Japan have caught influenza and visited clinics in one week through Sunday, nearing last year's peak, the health ministry said Friday. (Japan Today)
More than 2 million flu patients reported in a week
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Japan, US defense chiefs affirm alliance
Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and US Defense Secretary James Mattis have affirmed the importance of the alliance between their countries for peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. (NHK)
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Kyoto cops: Man punches ambulance crew member for wearing shoes in room
A 66-year-old man allegedly punched the face of an ambulance crew member for stepping one foot into his room while wearing shoes in the town of Seika, police said on Thursday. (tokyoreporter.com)
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Labor chief blasts 100-hour OT limit as impossibly high at work reform panel
Management and labor teams in Japan are locking horns over how much overtime employees should be allowed to work during busy periods as the government mulls a limit of 100 hours per month. (Japan Times)
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5 bodies found after fire at French restaurant in Tochigi
Five people were found dead after a fire early Saturday at a restaurant in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, police said. (Japan Today)
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Tennis: France complete Davis Cup win over Japan
France wrapped up victory in their Davis Cup first-round tie against Japan after Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won Saturday's doubles to give the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead. (Japan Today)
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Henoko reclamation work to restart
The Japanese Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau has decided to start offshore construction work on Monday as part of moves to relocate the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to the Henoko district in Nago City in the prefecture. (NHK)
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Japan secures extra cost cuts on U.S. F-35 fighter jet package
The Japanese government has secured cost cuts on support equipment for its next batch of six U.S. F-35 stealth fighter aircraft of around $100 million, according to sources and Japanese budget papers, on top of savings being finalised for all buyers of the high-tech jets. (Japan Today)
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Music copyright fees to be collected from piano, guitar schools
Japan's music copyright management organization plans to collect copyright fees beginning in January 2018 from schools teaching students to play the piano, guitar and other instruments for their use of music to teach. (Japan Today)
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Chile court nixes request for detention of man over missing Japanese case
A justice at Chile's supreme court on Friday rejected a request by French authorities for the detention of a Chilean man over the case of a Japanese woman who went missing in France early last December. (Jiji)
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Mattis: Japan's cost-sharing for U.S. troops appropriate
Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday expressed a view that Japan's cost-sharing for U.S. forces stationed in Japan is appropriate. (the-japan-news.com)
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Man suspected in Ibaraki murder commits suicide
A man under investigation in the murder of a male acquaintance in Ryugasaki City has committed suicide, police said. (tokyoreporter.com)
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ANA, JAL to allow passengers from 7 countries
Japan's 2 major airlines are allowing people with passports from the 7 countries designated by US President Donald Trump's travel ban to board flights bound for the US. (NHK)
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Okinawa cops: Teenage son of U.S. Marine pulled gun in robbing shop
The teenage son of a male U.S. Marine allegedly stole some 10,000 yen from a shop after threatening a shopkeeper with a gun in Uruma City, police said on Saturday. (tokyoreporter.com)
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Japan carriers to double fuel surcharge on outbound flights
Japan Airlines and ANA Holdings' All Nippon Airways will roughly double their fuel surcharge starting on tickets bought in April in response to a softer yen since the U.S. presidential election in November and an agreement by OPEC that same month to cut oil production. (Nikkei)
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Japan, US test-fires new interceptor missile
Japan's defense ministry says it has successfully test-fired at sea a new interceptor missile jointly developed with the United States. (NHK)
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Japanese sake exports on the rise
Japanese sake exports are on the rise thanks to a global boom in the country's cuisine, with the rice wine becoming a more important ingredient in Japan's agricultural exports. (Nikkei)
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Japanese author Shumon Miura dies at 91
Renowned Japanese author Shumon Miura, who also served as chief of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in the 1980s, died on Friday. He was 91. (Jiji)
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Nara cops: Male cyclist lies about hitting elderly woman who died
An elderly woman was killed in Kashihara City after being struck by a male cyclist who later lied about hitting her, police said on Sunday. (tokyoreporter.com)
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Saitama cops: 2 men shoot teenage girl with air gun
Two men allegedly shot a 13-year-old girl multiple times with an air gun from a car in Kawaguchi City, and could be tied to other similar cases, police said on Saturday. (tokyoreporter.com)
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