Annual gun festival held at shrine in Saitama
Dozens of hunters fired blank shots to drive sacred horses up to a shrine in an annual gun festival in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. (NHK)
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Singapore PM urges Japan to abolish tariffs
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged Japan to abolish all tariffs. In the ongoing free trade talks, Japan hopes to maintain its tariffs on 5 key agricultural products. (NHK)
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Abe defends Japan secrets law as poll ratings plunge
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday defended as "necessary" an unpopular secrets law that he rushed through parliament, as a new poll showed his support rating had plunged 10 percent in a month. (AFP)
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Japan may soon start losing wealth
Japan may still be the world's largest creditor nation, but it is likely to starting losing some of its wealth within the next couple of years, as its broadest trade measure lurches closer to its first annual deficit in more than 30 years. (Wall Street Journal)
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Singapore chef licks competition in Japan cuisine contest
Singaporean chef Li Kwok Wing has trumped nine other chefs from around the world to clinch the gold medal in the finals of the inaugural Washoku World Challenge held in Tokyo on Sunday. (Straits Times)
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Japan stocks rise 2.3% on weaker yen
Japanese shares jumped 2.3 per cent on Monday for the second straight day of increase as export-linked issues were bolstered by the yen's sharp fall against major currencies. (Business Line)
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Japan swings to current account deficit in October
Japan unexpectedly swung into a current account deficit in October as its massive goods and services trade deficit eradicated the benefits of solid income from overseas investment. (MarketWatch)
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Japan revises GDP growth to annual 1.1 pct in Q3
The Japanese government on Monday downgraded the country's July-September economic growth read to an annualized rate of 1.1 percent, down from 1.9 percent released last month. (Xinhua)
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Crown Princess Masako turns 50, in recovery process
In a written statement issued for her 50th birthday Monday, Crown Princess Masako pledged to continue efforts to overcome a stress-induced illness that she has been dealing with for 10 years. (Kyodo)
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Tokyo cops bust Chinese hooker club in Nippori
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the bust of a prostitution club featuring Chinese women in Arakawa Ward. (Tokyo Reporter)
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OLs also profiting from illicit photo sessions
Tokyo Metropolitan Police in November announced the bust of a studio for allowing photography of school girls in seductive poses. According to Shukan Jitsuwa (Dec. 19), the trade in illicit private photography is varied, with office ladies among those in the biz. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Koji Oishi retains featherweight title with 3rd round KO
Japanâs Koji Oishi retained his mixed martial arts featherweight belt on Friday with a third-round knock out of Honorio Banario in the main event at the ONE FC (Fighting Championship) âMoment of Truthâ at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Japanese opposition lawmaker unveils new party plan
A senior lawmaker at Japanese opposition Your Party announced his intentions Sunday to create a new political party. (Jiji Press)
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Japanese whaling fleet preparing to leave Japan: Sea Shepherd
Anti-whaling activists are stepping up pressure on the Federal Government to send an Australian customs vessel to the Southern Ocean this summer. (radioaustralia.net.au)
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Apple flexes its muscles in Japan
Recently, research firm Kantar detailed just how dominant Apple has become in Japan. According to Kantar, Apple's iPhone accounted for an amazing 76% of all smartphone sales in Japan in October. Furthermore, Apple's iPhone made up 61% of all smartphone sales on NTT DoCoMo in October. (Motley Fool)
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Apple flexes its muscles in Japan
Recently, research firm Kantar detailed just how dominant Apple has become in Japan. According to Kantar, Apple's iPhone accounted for an amazing 76% of all smartphone sales in Japan in October. Furthermore, Apple's iPhone made up 61% of all smartphone sales on NTT DoCoMo in October. (Motley Fool)
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Lizards threaten unique wildlife on Japan's remote Ogasawara islands
On spindly legs and just 15cm from nose to tail, the green anole lizard does not appear to pose much of a threat. But to the indigenous insects of Chichijima island, 1,000 kilometres south of Tokyo, they are rapacious, fast-breeding invaders that have driven several species to the brink of extinction. (South China Morning Post)
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Japan, U.S. still apart over farm, auto trade
Japan and the United States remained apart over farm and automobile trade Sunday as they seek to help conclude broader Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks by the end of this year. (Jiji Press)
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South Korea announces air defense zone expansion
South Korea said Sunday it will expand its air defense identification zone, a move that could become a new source of tensions in the East China Sea. (Jiji Press)
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Fukushima water tanks: leaky and built with illegal labor
Storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant like one that spilled almost 80,000 gallons of radioactive water this year were built in part by workers illegally hired in one of the poorest corners of Japan, say labor regulators and some of those involved in the work. (Reuters)
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