Tokyo police employee fakes own kidnapping

Tokyo police employee fakes own kidnapping

A woman employed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department feigns being kidnapped on a visit to her hometown in centra...

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Kobe steel CEO apologizes for data falsification

Kobe steel CEO apologizes for data falsification

Kobe steel CEO Hiroya Kawasaki apologizes for falsifying data and says that data for core steel products were also alter...

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 Epic illumination at historic site

Epic illumination at historic site

Nijo Castle is illuminated and opened to the public in the fall for the first time to commemorate a watershed historical...

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Mercury plummets around Japan

Mercury plummets around Japan

Temperatures plunge as unseasonably warm weather gives way to a cold spell.

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Black fox caught on film

Black fox caught on film

A rare black fox is captured on video in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Impact of Japan's GPS

Impact of Japan's GPS

The fourth satellite for the Japanese version of a global positioning system was launched this week. The new GPS will no...

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Cosplay boom meets history

Cosplay boom meets history

Cosplay fans are using historic buildings as backdrops in northern Japan.

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Trump to meet parents of woman abducted by N.Korea

Trump to meet parents of woman abducted by N.Korea

US President Donald Trump will reportedly meet the parents of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan emits bigger plume

Volcano in southwestern Japan emits bigger plume

A volcano in southwestern Japan, which erupted Wednesday for the first time in about six years, emits bigger plume.

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Crowdfunded project to help needy students in Tokyo's Shibuya

Crowdfunded project to help needy students in Tokyo's Shibuya

A study-coupon project financed by crowdfunding is launched in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward to help needy junior high school stu...

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