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China, Japan agree to hold China-Japan-ROK summit as soon as possible

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China urges Japan to 'put words into action' in improving ties

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Walmart to launch online grocery delivery in Japan in deal with Rakuten

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Roar-gby! Japan unveils lion mascots for Rugby World Cup

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Japan’s tourism boom could be the ‘reform’ its economy needs

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Japan seeks upgraded whaling ship in sign hunts will continue

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Abe must now follow up on his words of friendship: China Daily

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China secures place in Winter Olympics ski jumping for first time

China'sChangXinyuemadeabreakthroughattheSkiJumpingWorldCupinZao,JapanonSundaytoclaimaWinterOlympicsberthforthecountryforthefirsttimeinhistory.Changranked16thint

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Cuddly and cute, but will Japan's Olympic mascots be cash cows?

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DPRK: Abe aggravates 'sanctions and pressure campaign against Pyongyang'

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)hasslammedJapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeforaggravating"thesanctionsandpressurecampaignagainstPyongyang"throughrhetoric

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Japan PM rejects ROK call for new steps to help 'comfort women'

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeonFridayrejectedtheRepublicofKorea(ROK)'scallformorestepstohelp"comfortwomen,"aeuphemismforwomenforcedintosexualslaverybytheJapane

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Beijing calls mission in Diaoyu Islands valid

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Young Japanese celebrate 'Coming of Age’

Dazzlingincolorfulkimonosandwaftingcloudsofhairsprayintheirwake,thousandsofyoungJapanesewomenmarkedtheirentryintoadulthoodMonday.Formal"ComingofAge"ceremonies,w

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Top Japan canoeist banned for 'evil' drink spiking

Japan'santi-dopingbodyhasbannedatopcanoeistforeightyearsafterhespikedarival'sdrinkwithabannedsubstancetoboosthisownchancesofselectionfortheTokyo2020Olympics.The

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South Korea won't renegotiate 'comfort women' deal with Japan

SouthKoreasaiditwillnotrequestarevisiontothe2015"comfortwomen"dealwithJapan,YonhapNewsAgencyreportedonTuesday.Instead,thecountrywillsetasideitsownfundstosupport

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Booze alert as young Japanese come of age

Dazzlingincolourfulkimonosandwaftingcloudsofhairsprayintheirwake,thousandsofyoungJapanesewomenmarkedtheirentryintoadulthoodMonday--beforehittingabartocelebrate.

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Will Japan throw away its leadership role for short-term economic gain?

PrimeMinisterShinzoAbehasbeenbusytryingtoconvincetheJapanesepeoplethattheymustcompletelyrevisetheirconstitutionandabovealldisposeofarticleninewhichprohibitsthem