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Man awaiting mountain rescue fatally struck by debris possibly kicked up by chopper's rotors

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A man waiting for a helicopter rescue on a mountain in Yamanashi Prefecture was fatally struck Sunday by stones and parts of trees possibly dislodged by the hovering chopper's prop wash, local police said. (Japan Times)

N.Korea conducts successful missile launch

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North Korea says it successfully test-launched a new type of ground-to-ground ballistic missile on Sunday. (NHK)

Tokyo cops: 3 men drugged woman in Roppongi, gang-raped her in hotel

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Three men have been accused of gang-raping a woman at a love hotel in Edogawa Ward after drugging her in a restaurant earlier this year, reports Sankei Sports. (tokyoreporter.com)

Aoi festival in Kyoto drawing crowds

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About 500 people wearing ancient costumes and hollyhocks paraded through the streets of Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto. The procession is part of a traditional festival that attracts thousands of visitors every year. (NHK)

Low interest rates still squeezing Japanese banking profits

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Japan's five leading banking groups reported a third straight year of shrinking aggregate profit Monday, hampered by the central bank's negative interest rate policy, but the strength of their overseas operations helped stave off a worse result. (Nikkei)

Australian rugby star Giteau to play for Suntory

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Australian playmaker Matt Giteau will join Japanese champions Suntory Sungoliath for the 2017-18 Top League season after bringing to an end his six-year stint in France with Toulon. (Japan Today)

Global cyberattack hits Japan, including Hitachi, JR East

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Japanese companies, municipalities and citizens have fallen prey to cyberattacks that began hitting targets worldwide late last week, it was learned Monday. (Jiji)

Japan, NZ agree to lead TPP talks without U.S.

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Japan and New Zealand agreed Monday to lead discussions at a ministerial meeting in Vietnam later this month of the remaining member economies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to establish the free trade zone without the United States. (Jiji)

LDP fails to form opinion on passive smoking measures

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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed on Monday to sum up opinions to strengthen countermeasures against passive smoking by revising a related law. (Jiji)

Education ministry to send advisers to cut teachers' overtime

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In a bid to help reduce teachers' overtime, Japan's education ministry will launch a program next month to send advisers to local education boards. (Jiji)

School bus carrying 54 children crashes in Kobe; 1 woman dead, 10 injured

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A bus carrying 54 children returning from a field trip crashed into a car on a road in Kobe City on Monday, leaving one person dead and 10 others injured, reports TV Asahi. (tokyoreporter.com)

Accused burglar found with 700 pairs of women's underwear in Nagoya residence

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A 50-year-old in custody on suspicion of theft was found by police to have hundreds of pairs of women's underwear in his residence in Nagoya, reports TV Asahi. (tokyoreporter.com)

Rescuers find wreckage of missing GSDF plane in Hokkaido

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Rescuers in a mountainous area of Hokkaido on Tuesday found wreckage from a Ground Self-Defense Force aircraft that went missing a day earlier in poor weather. (Japan Times)

Japan drafts 2 options to privatize English exams for university admission

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The Japanese education ministry on Tuesday released draft plans for a new university entrance examination system, calling for fully shifting to privately managed English exams in fiscal 2020 or partially maintaining the current government-backed scheme for the subject until fiscal 2023. (Jiji)

Music schools to sue Japan's largest copyright collection group over plan to collect fees

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A group of major private music school operators said Tuesday they intend to take legal action against Japan's largest copyright collection group after it emerged it would from next January levy copyright fees on schools using its music. (Japan Times)

USS Ronald Reagan leaves Yokosuka for surveillance duty

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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan left the Yokosuka naval base, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday on a surveillance mission following North Korea's ballistic missile launch on Sunday. (Jiji)

Enjoy visitor-friendly cycling road with mountain view in Ibaraki Pref.

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Having heard that Tsukuba Kasumigaura Ring Ring Road, an about 180-kilometer-long cycling course in Ibaraki Prefecture, became even more visitor-friendly this spring, I tried out a section about 40 kilometers long between Sakuragawa and Tsuchiura. (the-japan-news.com)

China's top diplomat to visit Japan next month to set stage for Xi-Abe summit: sources

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China's top diplomat is planning to visit Japan next month to lay the groundwork for a potential summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping in July, sources close to bilateral relations said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Japan govt adopts lower house electoral reform bill

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The Japanese government adopted Tuesday a bill aimed at reducing seats and rezoning electoral constituencies for the House of Representatives in order to correct vote-value disparities. (Jiji)

Multilingual guide app launched for Imperial palaces

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The Imperial Household Agency on Tuesday started free distribution of a guide app that supports six languages for visitors to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo and the Kyoto Imperial Palace. (the-japan-news.com)
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