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Georgian sekiwake Tochinoshin was officially promoted to ozeki on Wednesday, marking the first time a Georgian wrestler has risen to sumo’s second-highest rank.
The Japan Sumo Association held a meeting to determine the rankings for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, and a board m...

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TOKYO - Visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday, as the two countries mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year.
Quang could be the last state guest to a banquet hosted by the emperor at the Imperial Palace ...

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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. made foreign technical trainees from the Philippines work on tasks other than those for which they were originally authorized, a practice prohibited by the law establishing procedures to accept trainees.
Since the company was shaken by a scandal over its m...

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Sekiwake Tochinoshin made it look even more likely that he would earn promotion to ozeki, beating No. 4 maegashira Chiyotairyu on Tuesday, to pick up his 10th straight win at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
The Georgian kept sole lead of the basho ...

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The real Olympic challenge might be scraping up enough cash to attend its start.
With the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics just two years away, sports fans are already looking forward to the finest athletes in the world coming to Japan. And if those same fans want to be at the opening...

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 “Kyosai and Kyosui — The Soul of the Artists as Pioneered by Father and Daughter,” is an exhibition currently being held at Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. It serves as a precious opportunity not only to enjoy the wide range of talents possessed by Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889), who flouri...

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Loft, the TISFF returns.
For decades, sharks – with their cute stubby little noses, lifeless black doll-eyes, and rows upon rows of razor sharp teeth – have lit up the silver screen along with hearts of all ages. Of course sharks hav...

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TAKAMATSU (Jiji Press) — Aircraft fans flocked to Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on Friday as the YS-11 propeller aircraft, the first Japanese-developed passenger airplane, took off for its first flight in three years.
It is the only private sector-held YS-11 airplane tha...

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TOKYO - Japan's three megabanks are considering jointly managing and developing automated teller machines to cut costs and boost profitability as they struggle in the extremely low interest rate environment, a source close to the matter said.
MUFG Bank Ltd, Mizuho Bank Ltd and Sumit...

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TOKYO - Japan and the United States are arranging for their leaders to meet successively within only a week around a landmark U.S.-North Korean summit next month, Japanese government sources said Sunday.
The plan is for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Tr...

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