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Since the 2011 onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has had to drastically revise an energy policy that had long heralded atomic power as its main source of energy.
 
The new energy policy announced in April outlines plans to decrease Japan’s nuclear dependence as much ...

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“Naruto,” creator Masashi Kishimoto’s wildly popular weekly ninja series, is just weeks away from its final installment.
 
When “Naruto” made its debut in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, it’s doubtful that even the most optimistic editors at the magazine expected it to las...

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Powerful typhoon Vongfong barreled into Japan Monday morning, with at least one person missing and dozens injured, while more than 300 flights were grounded, officials and local media said.
 
Winds of up to 180 kilometers per hour whipped ashore as the season’s 19th typhoon made la...

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The Japanese government will allow Indonesian nationals to enter the country visa-free.
 
Starting from December, the government will not require Indonesian visitors to Japan to obtain a visa as long as they submit in advance their e-p...

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Race organizers are bracing themselves for a rain-disrupted Japanese Grand Prix this weekend as a powerful typhoon closes in.
 
Heavy rain lashed the Suzuka circuit on Thursday with more wet and windy weather forecast for the weekend as ...

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A super typhoon on course to hit Japan over the weekend is as powerful as the deadly storm that ripped through the Philippines in 2013 killing thousands of people, meteorologists said Wednesday
 
The monstrous storm, named Vongfong, was p...

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Three Japanese-born researchers on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing the LED lamp, a boon in the fight against global warming and aiding people in poverty.
 
The trio are Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, a researcher who is currently based in the Un...

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Evening viewers in much of Asia and early risers in parts of the Americas were treated to a stunning lunar eclipse on Wednesday, though clouds obscured it for some.
 
The lucky ones saw the moon turn orange or red in what is known as a “blood moon.” The hue results from sunlight ...

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If you visit the Toshiba booth at CEATEC this week you’ll be greeted by Aiko Chihira, who can communicate in sign language . . . and who just happens to be an android.
 
In the future Toshiba Corp. foresees its humanoid communication ro...

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Those who patronize their local Burger King next week might have black teeth by the time they leave.
 
Burger King Japan announced Wednesday that its popular “black burger” series will return on Sept. 19 and be blacker than ever.
 
This time, the fast-food chain will introduce two new ...

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