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S.Koreans mourn deceased WWII sex slaves, clamor to nullify agreement with Japan

Students and civic group activists advocating South Korean "comfort women" victims gathered once again in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul at 11 a.m. on Wednesday for their weekly rally.

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Japanese animation wins "likes" of Chinese moviegoers

​As Japanese animation film "Your Name" entered its fourth week in Chinese theaters, Zheng Zhe decided to see it for a second time.

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Master of Missed Connections Makes Strong Contact in Japan

Wherever the Japanese animated filmmaker Makoto Shinkai goes these days, he gets some variation on the question of what it’s like to be the Next Big Thing.

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A sexist society is a fate worse than death for young Japanese women

The world of theater has given us several promising new directorial talents in recent years, such as Kenji Yamauchi (“Her Father, My Lover” and “At the terrace”) and Masaaki Akahori (“The Samurai That Night” and “The Katsuragi Case”).

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Idols who do better in Japan than Korea

Many K-Pop idols have held concerts overseas and released a single in a different language here and there, but have you ever wondered if they found more fame and success in other countries?

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Olympics: Abe convinced new National Stadium will provide iconic 2020 stage

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confident that the new National Stadium will provide an iconic stage for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, he said at the groundbreaking ceremony held Sunday.

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Three-star restaurants extend streak in new edition of Tokyo Michelin guide

Jiro Ono (front row, second from left), a sushi chef at Sukiyabashi Jiro, and other restaurant owners and chefs given stars on Michelin Guide Tokyo 2017 are awarded at a Tokyo hotel on Tuesday.

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Some Japanese find frustration, others freedom in foreign tongues

The Japanese have never been skilled at communication, but they have been able to fall back on the belief that everyone understood each other without saying anything. Unfortunately, this has never applied to non-Japanese.

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Asia on alert as Japan slides towards renouncing pacifist pledge

Japan's Commission on the Constitution under the House of Councillors restarted itssubstantive discussion on a constitutional amendment on November 16 after a nine-month hiatus. It is the first formal multi-party discussion of its kind after the LiberalDemocratic Party (LDP) and its allies secured a supermajority in the election of the Houseof Councillors this July.

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Japanese fare with a Taiwan twist

A new restaurant, which has ambitions of becoming a chain, in the tourist haunt of Nanluoguxiang, is drawing crowds thanks to its unique take on a well-established cuisine

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Top 10 most influential Japanese cartoons in China

As the largest producer and exporter of animation in the world, Japan is renowned as the "Kingdom of Animation". Together with electronics and cars, the animation industry has been regarded as one of the three pillars in Japan.

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ASAHI SHIMBUN: Japan, DPRK held second round of abduction talks

​Japanese and DPRK officials apparently held a second round of secret talks recently to push forward discussions on the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by DPRK decades ago.

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Nanjing Massacre survivor records testimony in LA

Plainly dressed in a dark gray suit, 87-year-old Xia Shuqin seemed no different from any other suburban Chinese lady. However, her weatherworn face and her determined eyes suggested that her story was different: She had survived the Nanjing Massacre.

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Karoshi crisis: why are Japanese working themselves to death?

In the space of eight months after landing a much coveted position at advertising giant Dentsu in April 2015, Matsuri Takahashi transformed from being a personable, diligent and well-liked young woman to a physical and mental wreck who was getting just 10 hours of sleep a week and was being bullied by her superiors.

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Clinton, Trump use 'Japan' as code word

Many U.S. media outlets judged that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton outperformed rival Donald Trump during the first U.S. presidential debate on Sept. 26. But the televised battle turned out to have little impact on the post-debate approval ratings for both candidates.

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Japan PM sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Monday to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during the war-linked shrine's annual autumn festival, regardless of the feelings of the peoples of Japan's Asian neighbors.