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Tokyo gov't axes screening of film touching on 1923 massacre of Koreans

TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government deauthorized the screening of a film touching on the massacre of Korean residents in Japan in the aftermath

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Japan gov't prepares Unification Church investigation; eyes dissolution order

TOKYO -- Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs began procedures for its probe into the Unification Church on Oct. 25, as it eyes an unprecedented order

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US man married to Japanese partner appeals to Tokyo court over denial of long-stay visa

TOKYO -- An American man who married a Japanese man in the U.S. has appealed to the Tokyo High Court after a district court's Sept. 30 rejection of hi

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40% of public housing for 2011 Japan quake victims lies in tsunami hazard zones

About 40% of public housing provided for those affected by the devastating March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefe

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Younger women's exercise habits declined sharply over past decade in Japan: survey

TOKYO -- The ratio of women in their late 20s to 40s in Japan who were in the habit of playing sports daily has slipped severely since 2012, a Japan S

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Japan Defense Ministry official records closed-door lawsuit proceedings without permission

YOKOHAMA -- A Defense Ministry official secretly recorded closed-door exchanges during civil suit proceedings against the state without permission fro

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Japan lawyers' group requests court order to dissolve Unification Church

TOKYO -- A lawyers' group in Japan supporting former followers of the Unification Church has requested that the justice and education ministers, as we

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Japan's 1st 'Business Court' launched in Tokyo in bid to accrue knowledge

TOKYO -- Japan's first

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Japan police urge motorcyclists to don body armor following fatal accidents

TOKYO -- Police in Japan are urging motorcyclists to wear body armor, as only 8.9% of riders do so and injuries to the upper body in road accidents ca

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Emergency callers in Japan can now use multilingual system to send videos to police

TOKYO -- A system that allows emergency callers to send videos to police via smartphones or tablet devices was introduced in Japan on Oct. 1, offering

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