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Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes

Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima prefecture, where more than 100,000 people remain...

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Tunnel deemed sound 2 days before collapse

An affiliated company of Central Nippon Expressway Co., operator of the Chuo Expressway, performed a routine check of the ceiling panels of the Sasago Tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture and reported all...

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Japanese eat more meat, fewer vegetables than decade ago: official data

The average volume of vegetables, fruit and seafood that Japanese adults eat every day has fallen from 10 years ago, while the volume of meat consumed has increased, a government survey showed...

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Kids face developmental difficulties

Some 6.5 percent of Japanese elementary and junior high school students may have developmental disorders, an education ministry survey said Wednesday. (Japan Times)

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Toyota sees Japan sales dropping 20 percent in 2013: media

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) expects Japan vehicle sales to fall by a fifth next year, in part due to the end of government tax incentives for fuel-efficient automobiles, domestic media reported, adding...

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Gas tanker braves Arctic waters to reach Japan

A massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker arrived in Japan on Wednesday, becoming the first vessel of its kind to successfully test a new trade route though Arctic waters. (digtriad.com)

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Yamanaka in Sweden for Nobel

Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka--the first Japanese in 25 years to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine--arrived in Stockholm on Tuesday evening. (Yomiuri)

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Sasebo bars petition to let sailors drink

A group of bar and restaurant owners in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, has submitted a petition to the mayor seeking the relaxation of a ban on nighttime drinking by U.S. Navy personnel stationed in the...

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Without iPhone, Japan's biggest mobile carrier is losing subscribers at a...

Remember when Japanese carrier NTT Docomo was the darling of the wireless world, could do no wrong, and was the subject of every adoring U.S. report on how mobile in Japan rocked in every possible way?...

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How beauty shapes power in China and Japan

An oblique tooth is viewed in the United States as requiring straightening, but in Japan it may be thought of as emblematic of a young woman's charm. While a slim body is a prerequisite for beauty...

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Smokers increase in Japan despite cigarette tax hike

The percentage of people who smoked increased in Japan even after the sharp cigarette tax hike in October 2010, a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed Thursday. (abs-cbnnews.com)

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257 kitchen knives stolen from stores in Ibaraki, Chiba

Police said Friday that 257 kitchen knives have been stolen from stores in Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures this week. (Japan Today)

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Japan's fear of risk is getting dangerous

Until she took a back-office job at her brokerage in July, Kayoko Okamoto knocked on 100 doors a day trying to persuade residents in some of Tokyo's most well-to-do neighborhoods to sign up for free...

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Nikkei 225 falls from seven-month high; utilities climb

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average (NKY) fell from a seven-month high after a technical indicator signaled the market may be overheating. Losses were limited as utilities rose on prospects for a restart of...

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China is now heading toward Japan-style economic paralysis if it doesnt...

At the end of 1989, Japan's bubble economy burst and its economic miracle came to an abrupt end. The Nikkei exchange fell from nearly 40,000 to its current 10,000 range. Today, China, in some ways,...

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Antibullying bill on multiparty agenda

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and two other opposition groups plan to submit legislation to the ordinary Diet session from January aimed at preventing bullying in...

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Strong quake hits off Japan near Fukushima disaster zone

A strong quake centred off northeastern Japan shook buildings as far away as Tokyo on Friday and triggered a one-metre tsunami in an area devastated by last year's Fukushima disaster, but there were no...

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No problems reported at Japan nuclear plants after quake: U.N. agency

The U.N. atomic agency said it had been informed by Japanese authorities that no problems had been detected at nuclear power plants in the region nearest to the epicenter of Friday's earthquake. (Reuters)

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Japan authorizes N. Korean rocket interception

Japan on Dec. 7 ordered its military to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens the nation's territory as Washington put anti-missile destroyers into position, ramping up pressure on...

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Japanese quake stirs on-air alarm, but no damage to nuclear plants is reported

It was perhaps the surest sign that Japan remains unnerved by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami. After a large quake on Friday hit near the same area stricken last year, broadcasters on...

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