KYODO NEWS
 
China restarted its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors on Saturday, allowing stays of up to 30 days in a move believed to be aimed at promoting tourism and trade amid a downturn in the world's second-largest economy.
The preferential treatment had been ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese electronics giant Sony is set to celebrate 30 years since it launched the PlayStation console, the little gray box that catapulted the firm into the gaming big league.
PlayStation was Sony's first foray into the world of video games and when it hit the shelves in Japan on D...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he will strive to build consensus across party lines as his minority government looks for opposition support to achieve policy goals after a dismal election outcome.
In his first policy speech in parliament since his ruling coalition...

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NIPPON
 
The proportion of female presidents at companies in Japan rose to a record high of 8.4 pct as of October, a survey by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Thursday.
The survey covered about 1.19 million companies. The proportion of female presidents has been rising slowly but stead...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The U.S. military will set up temporary bases along Japan's southwestern Nansei island chain and the Philippines to deploy missile units in the event of a Taiwan contingency, sources familiar with Japan-U.S. relations said Sunday.
The U.S. Marine Littoral Regiment, which possesses a ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Police said Wednesday that they had arrested a man who reportedly admitted to breaking into more than 1,000 homes in an unconventional way of relieving stress.
Police took the 37-year-old into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Australia said Monday it has shortlisted Japan and Germany to build its new fleet of general purpose frigates in a program worth up to A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) over the next decade.
Japan has proposed vessels based on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's cutting-edge Mogami-class fri...

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NIPPON
 
Former Japanese lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of taking bribes from an offshore wind power company over a project in the northeastern prefecture of Aomori.
Akimoto, a 49-year-old former member of the House of Representatives, has been charged with rec...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
MUFG Bank has fired an employee for allegedly stealing assets worth between 1 billion and 2 billion yen from safe deposit boxes of some 60 customers in Tokyo, the Japanese megabank said.
The worker was dismissed on Nov 14 after admitting to stealing the assets at two branches from A...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Closing in on a second straight J.League title, Vissel Kobe stopped on the way for some other silverware.
Vissel captured the Emperor’s Cup on Saturday, beating Gamba Osaka 1-0 at Tokyo’s National Stadium in the first “Kansai derby” in 71 editions of the prestigious nationwide tourna...

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