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TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with former U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday over lunch in Tokyo, the Japanese government said Thursday.
"There is no special meaning" in the meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a press conference, stressing it is ...

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The approval ratings of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet have rapidly declined following the revelation that the Finance Ministry altered documents related to the controversial sale of state-owned land to private school operator Moritomo Gakuen.
Abe has come under severe criti...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japan has developed something of a reputation for accommodating solo activities: from karaoke for one to Korean BBQ, noodles restaurants like Ichiran, and even a Moomins cafe, there’s a service or product out there for you even if you want to do it alone. And in a land acute social...

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TOKYO - Japan on Tuesday marked the 23rd anniversary of a fatal nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway.
About 20 Tokyo Metro staff at Kasumigaseki subway station on the Hibiya line held a moment of silence at 8 a.m. to remember two former colleagues who died in theattack. Memorial servi...

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THE JAPAN TRAVEL
 
Yokozuna Kakuryu and No. 6 maegashira Kaisei hit Sunday’s midway point of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in perfect position.
Kakuryu handled Shohozan (5-3), slapping the No. 4 maegashira down in the day’s final bout, while No. 6 maegashira Kaisei turned No. 9 maegashira Okin...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Yes, Goku will definitely be back, as we get a release date for the next feature-length Dragon Ball film and a look at the movie’s very first teaser image.
Although the current Dragon Ball Super TV anime is scheduled to go off the air at the end of this month (to return sometime in ...

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Designed to bring out the potential of any player and instrument, Duet with Yoo is an experiential, co-performance installation by Hakuhodo i-studio that uses the Yamaha AI Music Ensemble System. It means that any solo musician will feel like he or she is playing in an ensemble.
Th...

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TOKYO - The Diet on Friday approved Haruhiko Kuroda for a second term as governor on Friday, with a mandate to battle deflation and pep up the world's third-biggest economy.
Handpicked by Shinzo Abe to steer the former economic powerhouse out of a dangerous cycle of falling prices, ...

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Alpine skier Momoka Muraoka won the gold medal in the sitting category of the women’s giant slalom at the Pyeongchang Paralympics on Wednesday. Muraoka, 21, has now earned four medals at the Games, including a silver medal in the women’s sitting downhill on Saturday and bronze me...

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Alpine skier Momoka Muraoka navigates the course on her way to earning her second medal at the Pyeongchang Paralympics on Sunday.
Muraoka, 21, took the bronze medal in the sitting category in the women’s super-G, finishing with a time of 1 minute 36.10 seconds.
She earned silver ...

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