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Christmas tree at Tokyo Chanel store catches fire
The Chanel store is located in Tokyo’s Ritzy Ginza shopping district.
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American tourist arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing shrine gate
Steve Lee Hayes had carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, Tokyo Metropolitan Police said.
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Diplomatic links: A key US ally plans to woo Trump with golf
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “got out his golf clubs for the first time in eight years and resumed his golf practice” as he gets ready to meet President-elect Donald Trump in person, his office told NBC News on Monday.
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Group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is going to a group of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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WATCH: Word War II era US bomb explodes at Japan airport
The bomb is believed to have been dropped in Miyazaki, Japan, by the United States during World War II.
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Japanese airport cancels flights after US bomb from World War II explodes in taxiway
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Japan is pushing a 4-day working week — but its workaholic culture makes it a hard sell
Japan has ramped up its push for companies to adopt a four-day workweek, but those efforts face steep challenges in a country famous for its workaholic culture.
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A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century
A small robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel debris from the bottom.
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Debris removal finally begins at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
The debris removal process at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan began Tuesday, after three years of delays.
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Why Japan issued its first-ever ‘megaquake advisory' — and what that means
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has raised the risk of an even larger temblor on the Nankai Trough, an underwater subduction zone.
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A powerful quake hits off Japan's coast, causing minor injuries but prompting new concerns
A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s southern coast, triggering a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake on Thursday registered magnitude 7.1.
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5.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan, no tsunami warning
Strong earthquakes have shaken Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by Jan. 1 fatal quake, but there authorities say there was no danger of a tsunami.
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Japanese prime minister reaffirms alliance with US in face of threats from Russia, China: ‘Our world is at history's turning point'
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint session of Congress on Thursday, saying that Japan stands resolutely with the United States as democracy is under attack around the world. “We are now at an inflection point that will define the next stage of human history.”
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Bank of Japan ends the world's only negative rates regime in a historic move, abandons yield curve control
These changes are the sharpest pull back in one of the most aggressive monetary easing exercises globally, as BOJ sought to reflate its economy.
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Chemical cat at large in Japanese city, officials warn
Residents in one Japanese city are being warned to stay away from a “chemical cat.”
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Are we about to find out the moon's origin? Japan's space agency says it may now have clues
A Japan space agency official says an unmanned spacecraft that landed on the moon last month has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon.
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A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently safely escaped
Japanese officials say a pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off the northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped.
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Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people.
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Japan is rich, but many of its children are poor; a film documents the plight of single mothers
The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty.
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US-bound plane returns to Tokyo after man bites flight attendant
Japanese media reported that a 55-year-old American citizen was arrested after he bit an mid-flight attendant, an airline spokesperson said.