Spring festival in Takayama starts
The Takayama Spring Festival in central Japan kicked off on Monday with its traditional float parade. (NHK)
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3 family members, one relative found dead in Aichi
Aichi prefectural police are investigating a possible link between the discovery of the bodies of a husband and wife and their eldest son, and the body of a male relative of the deceased family who was found hanging by his neck in a hotel. (Japan Today)
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Researcher details stem cell study in statement
The leader of a disputed scientific study has issued a statement clarifying her position. A news conference last week didn't end the controversy over her research on a new method of producing stem cells. (NHK)
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SDF troops mobilized to fight bird flu outbreak in Japan
Self-Defense Forces troops were mobilized Monday to help fight an outbreak of avian influenza at a poultry farm in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Jiji Press)
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Taiwanese tourists hurt in deer rampage at Nikko
Visitors to one of Japan's most celebrated spots are being warned to be on the lookout, after two Taiwanese tourists were injured in a rampage by a wild deer. (Japan Today)
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203 tons of tainted water pumped into wrong building at Fukushima N-plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday some 203 tons of radiation-tainted water was found to have been transferred to a building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant that is not supposed to store such contaminated water. (Jiji Press)
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Nikkei ends lower
Tokyo stocks slipped 0.36 percent Monday, weighed by losses on Wall Street last week and the yen's rise as tensions in Ukraine escalate. (The Standard)
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Nikkei ends lower
Tokyo stocks slipped 0.36 percent Monday, weighed by losses on Wall Street last week and the yen's rise as tensions in Ukraine escalate. (The Standard)
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Body of missing worker from Okinotori atoll accident found
The body of one of two missing workers who died on March 30 after a floating pier overturned while being unloaded from a barge during construction work on a remote rocky atoll, was found on Sunday, the coast guard said. (Japan Today)
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Mother, son killed after their car hit by police car
A 34-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son were killed after their car was hit by a police patrol car at an intersection in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sunday. (Japan Today)
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Computer beats shogi players for 2nd year in a row
Computer programs have defeated professional players of shogi, a chess-like game, for the 2nd straight year in an annual competition. (NHK)
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Harumafuji enrolls in university master's course
Yokozuna grand champion Harumafuji has enrolled in a master's course at Hosei University to study economic development. (NHK)
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New diagnosis criteria may increase 'healthy' people
The number of "healthy" people may increase in Japan if newly proposed diagnosis criteria are applied to "ningen dock" comprehensive medical checkups. (Jiji Press)
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Japan, S. Korea to Discuss Comfort Women Wed.
Japan and South Korea will hold bureau chief-level talks in Seoul on Wednesday on the issue of so-called comfort women, the two governments said Sunday. (Jiji Press)
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Japan mulls free provision of maglev technology to U.S.
The government is considering providing Japan's technology for a magnetically levitated train system to the United States without license fees, a government source said Sunday. (Kyodo)
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Man killed in hit-and-run in Yokohama
A 35-year-old man died after being hit by a car that kept going in Yokohama on Sunday morning. (Japan Today)
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Bird flu hits Kumamoto Prefecture
Chickens infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza have been found at a poultry farm in the town of Taragi in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, the farm ministry said Sunday. (Kyodo)
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Anti-whaling ruling saves face for Japan
The international court ruling against Japanese whaling last week may have given the government a convenient political out. (AP)
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Sony calls for unplugging laptops amid overheating
Sony Corp. said Friday that battery overheating has caused burns to three Vaio Fit 11A notebook personal computers. (The Japan News)
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Sony calls for unplugging laptops amid overheating
Sony Corp. said Friday that battery overheating has caused burns to three Vaio Fit 11A notebook personal computers. (The Japan News)
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