3 nabbed for smuggling 600 kg of stimulants

3 nabbed for smuggling 600 kg of stimulants

Police arrest 3 men in southwestern Japan for trying to smuggle 600 kilograms of stimulant drugs by boat.

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Japanese chemist Yoshino gives Nobel lecture

Japanese chemist Yoshino gives Nobel lecture

Japanese Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino gives a lecture on lithium-ion batteries in Stockholm.

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Dr. Tetsu Nakamura's body returns home to Fukuoka

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura's body returns home to Fukuoka

The body of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura is returned to his hometown, Fukuoka, after he was killed in an attack in Afghanistan las...

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Ceremony honors 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Ceremony honors 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

A ceremony marks the 78th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial Army's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the Un...

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Baseball players hand out Christmas presents

Baseball players hand out Christmas presents

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and Yomiuri Giants players give out presents to children ahead of Christmas.

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Japan's Diet approves US trade deal

Japan's Diet approves US trade deal

Japan's Diet approves a new Japan-U.S. trade agreement that lowers tariffs on American beef and Japanese industrial prod...

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Japan mulls sending SDF vehicles to Middle East

Japan mulls sending SDF vehicles to Middle East

Japan's government could send 2 SDF vehicles to the Middle East to collect information amid concern over pushing the lim...

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Pope's message of peace in Nagasaki

Pope's message of peace in Nagasaki

Pope Francis visits Nagasaki and Hiroshima so share his message of peace and meets the son of Joe O'Donnell, the man who...

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Pope Francis holds mass for 50,000 at Tokyo Dome

Pope Francis holds mass for 50,000 at Tokyo Dome

Pope Francis holds mass at Tokyo Dome on Monday and speaks at Sophia University on Tuesday before departing Japan.

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Iconic Nagasaki photo lives on

Iconic Nagasaki photo lives on

After the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a US military photographer captured this iconic image. This week the pi...

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