One-year anniversary of disabled stabbing spree
Survivors, bereaved families and others mark one year since a brutal attack targeting the mentally disabled left 19 dead...
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Princess Kako attends equestrian meet
Princess Kako attends an equestrian competition in Shizuoka Prefecture.
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Torrential rain ravages central Japan
Torrential rain lashes central Japan, causing landslides and forcing 11 households to evacuate in Kanazawa.
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TEPCO releases damaged reactor footage
Tokyo Electric Power Company releases footage of the crippled No. 3 Reactor at Fukushima Daiichi.
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Companies give telecommuting a try
More than 900 companies take part in the nation's inaugural Telework Day.
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Tokyo promotes radio calisthenics ahead of 2020 Olympics
Tokyo is promoting radio exercises to get the nation healthy and in the spirit in the run-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics...
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Nihonbashi could return to former glory
Transport officials will look into putting an expressway above Tokyo's famous Nihonbashi bridge underground.
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Orange juice faucet installed at airport in western Japan
Japan now has an airport with an orange juice faucet.
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Osaka U. applies for first human trials of IPS stem cell heart treatment
Osaka University researchers apply for permission to be the first to test an iPS stem cell treatment for heart disease o...
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