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EDITORIAL Plan to restart reactors this summer must be scrapped
In a TV program recently aired by Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reiterated his intention of forging ahead with plans to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai ...
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Japan wins fifth straight Asia rugby title
Japan claimed their fifth straight Asian Five Nations title on Saturday when they smashed Hong Kong 67-0 in Tokyo to remain unbeaten in the five-year history of the rugby union competition.In the ...
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73-yr-old Japanese beats own Everest record
women keep busy playing with their grandchildren or take to gardening, a 73-year-old Japanese pensioner on Saturday bettered her decade-long record to remain the oldest woman to conquer the ...
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Experts warn of ugly side to makeup for children
The Yomiuri Shimbun Each morning before going to school, a 9-year-old fourth-grader in Yokohama curls her eyelashes with a metal curler. The girl does it to make her eyes appear larger--and ...
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Poverty stalks the land - and its long-term victims will be todays young
We are constantly reminded of the fact that the Japanese nation has the highest percentage of old people in the world; that by 2060 four out of 10 Japanese will be aged 65 or over; and that somehow ...
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Sumo Kisenosato recovers to set up grandstand finish
Kisenosato rebounded from back-to-back losses to blast out fellow ozeki Harumafuji, and rank-and-filers Tochiozan and Kyokutenho both pulled off upset wins Saturday to send the title race down to ...
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TV no longer the drug of the people
Out of the picture: Despite the conversion to digital broadcasting and gimmicks such as 3-D TV, sales of televisions continue to decline in Japan. ...
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Japan readies for ring solar eclipse
TOKYO — Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan on Friday as anticipation built ahead of a "ring" solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the ...
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Japanese woman 73 again oldest atop Everest
KATMANDU — A Japanese woman stunned the mountaineering world Saturday by successfully climbing the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, setting a formidable record that could stay ...
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Girls Generation reaches double platinum status In Japan
(Clockwise from top left) Girls Generation, Kim Hyun Joong, T-ara and Bae Yong Joon. (Photos by SM Entertainment, Oricon, www.newsen.com and Keyeast) MANILA, Philippines - Nine-member K-pop group ...
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