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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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's transport ministry plans to provide ride-hailing service operators with subsidies to cover two-thirds of the cost of introducing vehicles and multilingual ride-hailing apps, in an effort to improve transportation options for foreign tourists, sources said.
Japan currently ha...

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KYODO NEWS
 
China said Friday it will restart its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors on Nov. 30, allowing stays of up to 30 days.
The preferential treatment, which had been suspended since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is believed to be aimed at promoting tour...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington returned to the Yokosuka base near Tokyo on Friday, its second deployment to Japan, in a show of the Navy's continuing presence in the region.
The George Washington was previously based in Kanagawa Prefecture from 2008, whe...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
An earthquake struck Aomori Prefecture on Wednesday around 3:40 p.m., measuring four on the seven-level Japanese seismic intensity scale.
No tsunami is expected to result, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.1, occurred at a ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million ($3.2 million) to major Japanese publishers after the U.S. firm was accused of hosting servers for manga piracy sites.
Piracy is a long-running problem for Japan's internationally renowned manga industry, w...

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