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Top in Category › Travel firms step up sales of overseas tours using Haneda airport
Japanese travel agencies are stepping up sales of overseas trips departing from Tokyo's Haneda airport ahead of the launch of regular international flights there on…
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Entertainment / Arts › The mind is latest movie frontier
For the visually savvy filmmaker, there is a new frontier with as much cinematic appeal as the old West held for moviemakers half a century…
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Entertainment › Katy Perry to perform in Japan on Aug 16
American singer Katy Perry, 25, will make a rush trip across the Pacific for a live concert in Japan on Aug 16. Her May hit,…
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Picture of the Day › Cooling off
Bathers enjoy themselves at Kobe's Suma Kaihin Park, which has a 2-km-long beach.
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New Products › Listerine liquid toothpaste
Listerine is marketing what it bills as a “liquid toothpaste.” The liquid is meant to be swished around in the mouth. Then you spit it…
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Technology › Local gov'ts focus on cloud computing amid budgetary constraints
Growing numbers of local governments are turning to "cloud computing" to reduce administrative costs of such tasks as managing residential data, tax records and local…
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Business › Ichibanya to increase overseas curry restaurants 7-fold by 2015
Curry restaurant chain operator Ichibanya Co plans to boost the number of its Curry House CoCo Ichibanya outlets overseas from 40 at present to 271…
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Lifestyle › Ballet, cooking, other classes no longer solely the domain of women
Kiyoshi Kato, a 24-year-old worker in the music business, was one of four men clad in shorts and ballet shoes toe-dancing along with female participants…
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Quote of the Day › Chinese buy one thing after another without a second thought.
Hajime Kikuchi, a director in Akihabara retailer Laox's business planning section. Chinese tourists to Japan may soon outnumber visitors from any other country, and Akihabara's…
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World › US governor considers changing immigration law
The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the…
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Politics › China rapidly expands investments in Japanese government bonds
China sharply expanded investments in Japanese government bonds in the first months of this year as part of the country's apparent move to increase relative…
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Entertainment › Convicted ex-pop idol Sakai gets divorced
Pop idol and actress Noriko Sakai, who was convicted of stimulant drug use and possession last year, has got divorced, her former management company, Sun…
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National › Mudslide halts train, injures several passengers
A mudslide hit a running local train on the JR Iwaizumi Line in Iwate Prefecture on Saturday morning, causing the one-car train to come to…
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National › Japanese climber missing in the Swiss Alps
A 61-year-old Japanese man has gone missing while climbing in the Alps in southern Switzerland, the Japanese Embassy in Switzerland said Friday.
He left his…
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Crime › Pachinko parlor customer stabbed to death
A 37-year-old customer at a pachinko parlor was stabbed to death Friday night in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture after a scuffle with a man who then…
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National › Sea turtle eggs found at beach near Mie industrial complex
Loggerhead sea turtle eggs have been found at a beach near a major Japanese industrial complex in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture for the first time since…
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Crime › Mother arrested over dead toddlers says she wanted time for self
A 23-year-old mother who was arrested Friday over the death of her two toddlers at their apartment in the city of Osaka after apparently neglecting…
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Technology › Microsoft to present evidence claiming Yahoo Japan-Google deal unfair
Microsoft Corp. is planning to present the Japan Fair Trade Commission with evidence to prove that the planned tie-up between Yahoo Japan Corp. and Google…
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National › Tokyo Sky Tree, already tallest building in Japan, tops 400 meters
The Tokyo Sky Tree tower, under construction in central Tokyo and already the tallest building in Japan, topped the 400-meter mark Friday, reaching 408 meters…
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Politics › Kan makes fresh resolve to restore Japan's fiscal health
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday renewed his resolve to restore Japan's tattered finances, even though his abrupt remarks suggesting a possible hike in the…
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