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Google Japan leaks app buyers' data to developers

Google Inc. inadvertently provided the personal data of people who bought smartphone applications via its Google Checkout settlement service to app developers. The information includes customers'...

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Fewest crimes in 30 years seen in '11

The number of crimes handled by police in 2011 declined 6.6 percent from the previous year to about 1.48 million, falling below 1.5 million cases for the first time in 30 years, preliminary data by the...

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Noda replaces 5 Cabinet ministers

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet on Friday, appointing former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada as deputy prime minister. The move was made to fortify...

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Iranian oil cut a source of worry

Japan must now tackle the difficult task of finding an alternative crude oil supplier following a decision to gradually reduce crude oil imports from Iran, which supplies 10 percent of the nation's...

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Japanese department store makes grovelling apology after plastering shop...

Mortified bosses of a Japanese department store were forced into a grovelling apology after plastering their windows with signs boasting a 'F***in' Sale'. The Galerie shop in Osaka hung giant red signs...

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Virus attacks Japanese Space Agency computer

A computer virus infected a data terminal at Japan's space agency, causing a leak of potentially sensitive information, officials announced today (Jan. 13). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...

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Kaneko's next stage

The opportunity came as a shock. Jun Kaneko had been a sculptor and painter for decades. But when the invitation came to create sets and costumes for an opera - "Madama Butterfly" - he wasn't even...

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Marine saves local Japanese woman's life

Cpl. Eric J. Hansen put his training to work recently, saving an elderly woman's life in Mihama. Hansen, a Marine with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, was eating at a local restaurant with friends Kathy...

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Is Hollywood 'whitewashing' Asian roles?

America's embrace of Japanese pop culture, particularly manga and anime, hasn't resulted in an embrace of Asian and Asian-American actors when those storylines go to Hollywood. Two upcoming feature...

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Facebook and Japan finally friend each other

Facebook has always been a fringe player in Japan's social networking culture. As of one year ago, according to analytics site Socialbakers, about 2% of Japan's online population was registered on...

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Japan hands over whaling activists to Australia

Japan on Friday handed over to Australian authorities three anti-whaling activists held aboard a Japanese vessel after illegally boarding the ship to protest Japan's annual whale hunt in Atlantic...

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Energy-hungry Japan in $34 bln Australia gas deal

Japanese energy firm Inpex and French giant Total on Friday announced a huge $34 billion gas project in Australia, as Tokyo looks for alternatives to nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima...

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Japan disaster builds international bridges

Out of the tragedy of ruin wreaked by the tsunami that laid waste to large stretches of Japan's northeast coast, a beacon of international friendship has risen. In a famously homogenous country where...

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Japan says sorry for Darwin bombing

Japan's government has used a gathering in Darwin to apologise for the country's bombing of the city during World War II. Japan's Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tadahiro...

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Louvre to send artworks to Japan's Fukushima

France's Louvre museum plans to send more than 20 artworks to Japan, including Fukushima prefecture, near the stricken nuclear plant, in order to show solidarity with the disaster-hit country. The...

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Nikkei climbs 1.1 pct after Spain, Italy auctions

Japan's Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to hit a one-week high on Friday, boosted by gains on Wall Street and solid demand at debt auctions in Spain and Italy, which are now at the forefront of...

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New minister won't shirk from hangings

New Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa indicated he may issue execution orders as the number of death-row inmates has grown to a postwar high of around 130, but suggested that condemned Aum Shinrikyo...

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Noda frets over Japan's credit rating

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday expressed concern about Japan maintaining its sovereign debt rating, after France lost its coveted triple-A credit status the previous day. "The European...

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Sumo: Hakuho, Baruto still tied for tourney lead at 7-0

Before the strike of the final wooden clapper, Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho was already locked into his hyper-focused zenlike state. Kitataiki (1-6) became the object of his wrath in a controlled display...

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Firms look to hire foreign students

Hundreds of foreign students from Japan's top universities turned up at a career forum Saturday in Tokyo, hoping to secure a job before their graduation in 2013. Clad in dark suits, the students...

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