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Toshiba selects 4 overseas bidders for its chip unit

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Toshiba Corp has selected four overseas bidders as a potential buyer of its chip-making unit following an auction, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. (Japan Today)

More than 1,000 Thai holidaymakers bound for Japan stranded by scam

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The traditional Thai New Year's holiday has turned out to be anything but fun for more than 1,000 would-be travelers who were stranded at Bangkok's international airport after their cut-rate tour packages to Japan turned out to be an apparent scam. (Japan Today)

Japan ranked fourth in 2016 for development assistance spending: OECD

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Japan ranked No. 4 in official development assistance in 2016 among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an OECD report showed Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Trump: Dollar is getting too strong

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US President Donald Trump has reiterated that the dollar is getting too strong. (NHK)

Tokyo cops: 2 corpses found in Nerima residence

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Tokyo Metropolitan Police do not suspect foul play following the discovery of two persons inside a residence in Nerima Ward on Monday, reports TV Asahi (tokyoreporter.com)

Girl, 3, found choked on Kagawa nursery monkey bar is revived

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A 3-year-old girl who had stopped breathing after being choked by the handles on a monkey bar Wednesday at a nursery in Kagawa Prefecture later recovered in a hospital and started to breath by herself. (Japan Times)

JAL and ANA say overbooking violence would never happen in Japan

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The violent video of a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday has gone viral around the world, including in Japan, sparking outcry and concern that a similar incident could happen here. (Japan Times)

Tokyo Disneyland to undergo renovation to win back visitors

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Large-scale renovation work has started at Tokyo Disneyland for completion in spring 2020 as its operator aims to reverse the recent downtrend in the number of visitors. (Jiji)

Body likely of missing investigator found at bottom of cliff in Shizuoka

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Shizuoka Prefectural Police on Thursday morning found the body of a missing inspector in a mountainous area of Shizuoka City, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

Japan plans joint show of force with U.S. off Korean peninsula

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Japan's navy plans a joint show of force with the U.S. Navy's USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group as it steams toward the Korean peninsula aimed at deterring secretive North Korean regime from further missile tests, two sources said. (Japan Today)

Bilingual traffic signs to debut in July

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Japan will introduce bilingual traffic signs in July as visitors surge ahead of Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020. (Japan Times)

Kanagawa police officer arrested for filming up school girl's skirt

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Police have arrested a 49-year-old police officer after he was caught in the act of filming up a school girl's skirt at a train station in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Japan Today)

High court upholds guilty ruling for obscenity case of vagina artist Megumi Igarashi

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The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision finding a female artist guilty of obscenity for distributing 3-D scans of her genitalia and ordered her to pay a fine of ¥400,000 ($3,700). (Japan Times)

SDF scrambles hit record high last fiscal year

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Japan's Defense Ministry says Air Self-Defense Force jets scrambled a record number of times during the last fiscal year, topping the past high in the Cold-War years. (NHK)

Long-term psychological care needed for Kumamoto kids

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Long-term psychological care is needed for children in Kumamoto Prefecture, where new stress cases are still emerging one year after the powerful earthquakes in and near the southwestern Japan prefecture, teachers and psychologists say. (Jiji)

Philip Morris eyes price hike for most cigarettes in Japan

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Philip Morris Japan plans to raise prices on around 80% of the conventional cigarettes it sells here, a rare step in the absence of a tax hike, as it tries to cope with a shrinking market by leveraging new technology. (Nikkei)

Japan panel agrees on emperor's handover of all duties in abdication

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A Japanese government panel broadly agreed Thursday that all official duties of Emperor Akihito should be handed over to his successor when he steps down. (Jiji)

Arrest warrants for 2 Chinese women over damage to Meiji Jingu Shrine

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Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department obtained arrest warrants on Thursday for two Chinese women for allegedly splashing liquids over facilities at Meiji Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Shibuya Ward in the Japanese capital.Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department obtained arrest warrants on Thursday for two Chinese women for allegedly splashing liquids over facilities at Meiji Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Shibuya Ward in the Japanese capital. (Jiji)

Activity observed at N.Korea's nuclear test site

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US researchers say new satellite images show continued activity near North Korea's nuclear test site. (NHK)

Friday marks 1 year of Kumamoto quakes

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Friday marks one year since a series of devastating earthquakes began in and around Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto. (NHK)
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