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Top 20 Highest Grossing Movies of 2016 in Japan

Oricon has released the top 10 in the box office charts for 2016. Movie Collection listed the top 20 so check out the list below!

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Trump accuses U.S. spy agencies of Nazi practices over 'phony' Russia dossier

President-elect Donald Trump escalated a fight with U.S. spy agencies on Wednesday, just nine days before he takes over their command as president, and accused them of practices reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

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15 UN panda envoys visit Chengdu

Sixteen-year-old Vera Kalinina, from Sudoverf, Russia, was thrilled to see live pandas on Monday at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province.

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New York finds a lotta love for new train line stops

Sure, they can be brusque at times. But New Yorkers' hearts nearly melted Sunday when they got a load of the biggest subway line expansion in 50 years.

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Monster movie to show how to proceed in times of disaster

An indie movie under production will send a message to the Japanese public: Running around like a panic-stricken maniac during emergencies does no good, even if the threat comes from a gigantic monster.

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Better access to G20 markets boosts LDCs' exports by 15 pct: UN report

The world's poorest countries are barely engaging in global economy, but fully liberalizing trade for these countries into G20 markets could boost their exports by about 15 percent, according to a report released on Thursday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

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At soaring rate, Nepalis seeking jobs abroad come home dead

​The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labour in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015

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Kidnappers of Hong Kong architect evade huge air, sea and land search

Police step up surveillance at smuggling black spots to stop the two men slipping across the border into Shenzhen

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Natalie Dormer on the Feminist Definition, On-Screen Nudity, and the 'GoT' Routine She Dreaded

Also: the souvenir she took home from the set is totally what we would take, too.

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Undersea volcano off U.S. Pacific Northwest may help understand terrestrial eruptions

Researchers have explored more into the Axial Seamount, the most active undersea volcano in the northeast Pacific Ocean, and new findings may provide clues to better understand how and when terrestrial volcanoes erupt.

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Convenience helps 24-hour sports gyms pick up speed

Twenty-four-hour sports gyms, or fitness clubs that are open late at night and in the early morning, are increasing in number.

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US stocks end week at fresh records

Wall Street stocks climbed to fresh records Friday, with all three indices closing at new highs on optimism about stronger US growth following the presidential election, albeit amid light holiday volume.

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Obama, Putin talk about Syria and Ukraine in quick summit meet

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke for around four minutes on Sunday at the APEC summit about Syria and Ukraine, in what is likely to be their last in-person meeting before Obama leaves office.

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"Doctor Strange" wins box office for second weekend

​Disney and Marvel's "Doctor Strange" and Fox and DreamWorks' "Trolls" repeated as the number one and two movies at the North American box office this weekend, while the Amy Adams sci-fi "Arrival" debuted in third place.

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How do you make a musical about cancer

A new play about terminal illness confronts taboos about disease and death, writes Holly Williams.