Woman arrested for calling police over 15,000 times in six months
A woman has been arrested in Sakai, Osaka, for harassment of the metropolitan police department after having called 110, the emergency number, 15,000 times in the last half year alone. (Japan Today)
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Tokyo stocks close 1.50% lower
Tokyo stocks closed 1.50 percent lower on Thursday with exporter shares dragged down by a resurgent yen, as investors turn their focus to a key US jobs report. (Global Post)
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Yoko Ono recounts own hunger during war in Japan
Yoko Ono says her own bitter experience in Japan during World War II inspired her to support WhyHunger's "Imagine There's No Hunger" campaign to fight childhood hunger around the world. (abcnews.go.com)
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Japan enacts bill to end discrimination of out-of-wedlock children
Japan's Diet enacted a bill shortly past Wednesday midnight to delete a Civil Code article that discriminates against the inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock. (Jiji Press)
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Fukushima remains very complex despite progress: IAEA
U.N. nuclear experts on Wednesday praised Japan for making progress on shutting down the crippled Fukushima plant, but warned the situation there remained "very complex". (Japan Today)
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Seven and i acquiring stake in Japan unit of Barneys
Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings is investing in the US upscale apparel brand Barneys New York. (NHK)
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Suga: Downfall of top N.Korean being monitored
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says the government will closely monitor the reported dismissal of Jang Song Thaek, an uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un widely seen as his mentor. (NHK)
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Ex-Sumo wrestler Kotomitsuki arrested for hiring illegal immigrants
Japanese police arrested former sumo ozeki Kotomitsuki on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the immigration law by employing foreigners illegally at a barbecue restaurant he runs in Nagoya, central Japan. (Jiji Press)
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Ex-Sumo wrestler Kotomitsuki arrested for hiring illegal immigrants
Japanese police arrested former sumo ozeki Kotomitsuki on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the immigration law by employing foreigners illegally at a barbecue restaurant he runs in Nagoya, central Japan. (Jiji Press)
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In Japan, General Motors has high hopes, low sales
General Motors says it's in Japan for the long haul despite sales of Cadillac and Chevrolet models barely surpassing 1,000 vehicles a year. (miamiherald.com)
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Island spat dulls appeal of China as production base for Japan firms: survey
A territorial dispute and rising labor costs have dulled the appeal of China as a production base for Japanese manufacturers, with Indonesia, India and Thailand more attractive, an annual survey by the Japan Bank of International Cooperation showed Wednesday. (Reuters)
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Tokyo cops arrest 24 hookers in November sweep through Ikebukuro, Kabukicho
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Tuesday announced that a crackdown on prostitution in the cityâs nightlife areas last month resulted in the arrest of 24 women. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Doctor leaves gauze in patient's body in Sagamihara hospital
Officials at Sagamihara Chuo Hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture said Tuesday that a doctor left a piece of gauze in a patient's body after an operation last May. (Japan Today)
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Japanese shares plunge on profit-taking, overseas losses
Japanese stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as investors sold shares to lock in quick profits after recent gains and as market sentiment was hurt by overnight losses on Wall Street and European bourses. (Business Line)
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Black fox seen in Hokkaido residential areas
People in northern Japan are excited about sightings of a rare black fox. (NHK)
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Housing recovery slow after 1,000 days
A thousand days have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck. However, only 1.2 percent of the planned land development for collective relocation of disaster-affected communities and construction of publicly operated housing have materialized, according to a survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun. (Yomiuri)
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Japan readies $182 billion economic package, no new debt needed
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is readying a $182 billion economic package this week in his latest bid to pull the economy out of deflation, but the new measures will not require the government to sell more debt. (Reuters)
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SoftBank to merge Willcom with eAccess
SoftBank is merging subsidiaries Willcom and eAccess. Since January this year, both companies already supported each other's products at their respective outlets and they have now reached an agreement to merge. (telecompaper.com)
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Illuminations light up Fukushima temporary housing
Illuminations were switched on Sunday at a temporary housing facility in Fukushima, northern Japan, to cheer up evacuees of the 2011 March disaster. (NHK)
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Onodera: Japan's NSC to discuss China's air zone
Japan's defense chief says he expects the new National Security Council to discuss responses to China's establishment of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea. (NHK)
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