The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association issued a statement on November 11, protesting the detention of a Japanese ...

Firefighters and police entered a shopping district near the Geku, or Outer Shrine, of Ise Grand Shrine in Mie Prefectur...

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'HANDS' sign turns into 'THANKS' weeks before Shibuya store's closing after 48 years

Lifestyle goods store chain operator Hands has changed the iconic “HANDS” sign to “THANKS” at its Shibuya Store in centr...

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Nitori says personal data of up to 37.62 million online customers may have leaked in cyberattack

Nitori Holdings said the company discovered on November 6 that the management server for its official online shopping si...

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Emperor Naruhito and Princess Aiko attend All Japan soft tennis championships in Tokyo

Emperor Naruhito and his daughter Princess Aiko visited Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo’s Koto Ward on November 8 to watch the ...

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Cold intensifies as winter cold grips various part of Japan

While autumn foliage remained in Sapporo, snow accumulated over the weekend in the capital of Japan’s northernmost prefe...

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Osaka bookstore clerk stabbed in thigh, man in his 30s arrested on the spot

A male employee was injured after being stabbed with a bladed weapon at a bookstore in Osaka's Kita Ward in western Japa...

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M5.7 earthquake hits Aichi and Shizuoka, leaving 22 injured

Shortly after 1 a.m. on November 8, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck central Japan, registering a maximum seismic inten...

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Japan's consumption tax cut bill passes lower house, battle shifts to upper chamber

Japan’s consumption tax reduction bill was approved by the House of Representatives with a majority vote from the ruling...

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NTT Docomo says up to 300,000 customer records leaked

Mobile phone service operator NTT Docomo said it confirmed that there was unauthorized external access on November 4 to ...

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