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Newcomer Defeats Anti-U.S. Base Incumbent in Nago Mayoral Race

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NAHA - An independent newcomer backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government defeated the anti-U.S. base incumbent in the Nago mayoral election Sunday, an outcome which could give impetus to the central government's controversial plan to transfer an air base to the southern Japan...

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'Oil-like' Blobs Hit Japanese Beaches After Tanker Sinks

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - "Oil-like" blobs are washing up on the beaches of several southern Japanese islands, officials said Friday, raising fears they could be from a tanker that sank in the area nearly three weeks ago.
The Iranian tanker Sanchi -- carrying 111,000 tons of light crude oil -- went u...

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Back in The Swing

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Yomiuri Giants players, including Tomoyuki Sugano, third from left, and Hayato Sakamoto, right, jog on the first day of spring training camp in Miyazaki on Thursday.
Before practicing, the Giants held a ceremony to commemorate their 60th year of training in Miyazaki.
The Giants, ...

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Gov't To Test Safety of Burying Radioactive Soil in Spring

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The government will conduct a demonstration project to test the safety of burying soil waste, generated by decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, under other soil around this spring, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday.
In the project, the so...

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Icing On The Cake

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
No. 3 maegashira Tochinoshin, left, finishes up his title-winning run at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament by pushing out No. 5 maegashira Endo on the final day Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The Georgian native, who had clinched his first career title on Saturday, finishe...

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Mori Building And teamLab To Open “borderless” Digital Art Museum in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay, From Summer 2018

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Mori Building will partner with teamLab to open the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless this summer at Palette Town in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay.
Set to become one of the major attractions in Tokyo, details regarding opening times and ticket prices are yet to be released, ...

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Campaigning Starts for Nago Mayoral Race; U.S. Base Issue in Focus

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NAHA - Official campaigning started Sunday for the Feb 4 mayoral election in the southern Japan city of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, a closely watch contest as it comes as the central government is pressing ahead with a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. base to the city.
The elec...

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New F-35A Fighter Jet Gets 1st Deployment

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
MISAWA, Aomori (Jiji Press) — The first F-35A stealth fighter jet for the Air Self-Defense Force was deployed to its Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture on Friday.
Nine more units will arrive at the base by the end of March next year, to form a squadron of cutting-edge stealth jets ...

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Street Fighter’s Sagat Named Ambassador of Saga City, Limited Edition SFII Goods To Be Sold

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ROCKET NEWS
 
For the next few months, Saga will be teaming up with Sagat and the rest of the Street Fighter II crew.
Saga Prefecture is no stranger to teaming up with video games such as Pokémon and Splatoon in the past with aggressive tourism campaigns. You might even say they have a fighter’s ...

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Abe to Attend Olympics; Talks Planned

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he intends to attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which will be held in South Korea from Feb. 9.
Abe plans to hold talks with South Korean President Moon Jae In during his visit to the country, conveying Tokyo’s...

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