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Japan-India nuclear pact clears Japan's Lower House

AciviliannuclearcooperationpactbetweenJapanandIndiaclearedtheLowerHouseonTuesday,pavingthewayforTokyotoexportnuclearpowerequipmentandtechnologytothefast-growing

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Abel: Japan may join AIIB if environmental and other problems 'resolved'

JapanwouldconsiderjoiningtheAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB)ifquestionsregardingenvironmentalimpactsandotherissuesareresolved,PrimeMinisterShinzoAbesaidi

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Xi calls for boosting China-Japan ties in right direction under B&R

ChinesePresidentXiJinpingonTuesdaysaidhehopestomoveSino-Japaneserelationsintherightdirection,addingthatthere’renewopportunitiesforthebilateralties.ChinesePresid

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Abel: Japan may join AIIB if environmental and other problems 'resolved'

Japan would consider joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) if questions regarding environmental impacts and other issues are resolved, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a television interview on Monday.

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Desperately short of labor, mid-sized Japanese firms plan to buy robots

DesperatetoovercomeJapan'sgrowingshortageoflabor,mid-sizedcompaniesareplanningtobuyrobotsandotherequipmenttoautomateawiderangeoftasks,includingmanufacturing,ear

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Japanese gov't seeks cooperation with S. Korea's new president

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday said he hopes to cooperate with South Korea's new president Moon Jae-in in dealing with issues pertaining to tension on the Korean Peninsula.

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X Japan leader, famed for intense drumming, needs surgery

Yoshiki,theforcebehindJapaneserockersXJapanwhoisknownforsuchintensedrumminghesometimescollapsesonstage,onTuesdaycanceledupcomingshowstoundergourgentsurgery.Yosh

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China, Japan ministers agree on deepening cooperation at sixth dialogue

The finance ministers of China and Japan exchanged views on deepening cooperation at the Sixth China-Japan Finance Dialogue here on Saturday.

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China, Japan, South Korea pledge to resist protectionism

Finance leaders of Japan, China and South Korea agreed to resist all forms of protectionism in a trilateral meeting on Friday, taking a stronger stand than G20 major economies against the protectionist policies advocated by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Sakura season: Where to view cherry blossoms in Japan

For just a few weeks every spring, Japan celebrates an annual ritual known as hanami.

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Japanese emperor pays respects to Thailand’s late king, perhaps hoping to curtail Chinese influence

Japanese Emperor Akihito paid his respects to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Sunday, arriving in Bangkok following a weeklong trip to Vietnam aimed at winning support against Chinese expansionism.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito meets children of Tokyo’s second world war soldiers during Vietnam visit

Japan’s royal couple on Thursday listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their Japanese soldier fathers after the second world war, a symbolic meeting in Hanoi aimed at healing wounds between the former war foes.

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Japan’s emperor, empress embark on first ever trips to Vietnam, Thailand

Japan’s emperor arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday for a whirlwind tour that will include a meeting with families of Japanese soldiers who stayed there after the second world war.

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Forget Mario and sushi, Japan turns to ninjas to help woo more tourists

Japan is turning to those hooded samurai-era acrobatic spies known as ninja to woo tourism.

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Japan zoo kills 57 snow monkeys due to 'alien genes'

A zoo in northern Japan has culled 57 of its snow monkeys by lethal injection after discovering they carried the genes of an "invasive alien species".

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Nabana No Sato: Japan's most extravagant light display

When it comes to extravagant light displays, few would dispute that Japan's the world leader.

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U.S. President Trump seeks to promote "fair" trade with Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country will seek to promote a "fair and reciprocal" trade relationship with Japan.