JAPAN TODAY
 
Taiwan has raised over NT$540 million ($17.2 million) from the private sector in a fundraising campaign to help Japan recover from a powerful earthquake three weeks ago that killed more than 200 people, the island's Health and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
During the two-week campai...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Many bullet train services between Tokyo and stations in eastern and central Japan were suspended Tuesday due to a power outage, with their operator saying services will not restart soon.
The outage, which began around 10 a.m., affected sections of the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku shi...

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BBC
 
Japan may yet manage to salvage its Moon lander, the country's space agency Jaxa says - if sunlight hits it in the right place.
The Slim spacecraft was turned off just three hours after its historic lunar touchdown on Saturday to save power.
Engineers had realised its solar cells were point...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
When Japanese journalist Shiori Ito accused a prominent TV reporter of rape, becoming a rare high-profile #MeToo voice in her homeland, she was initially ignored by police, prosecutors and even much of the media.
Defying taboos, she investigated her own case, secretly recording phon...

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SORA NEWS
 
Cult following makes this ice cream sell like hotcakes. 
While most people might think to buy their ice cream at a supermarket or convenience store, in Japan there are hidden gems to be found at cake and dessert chains like the hugely popular Chateraise.
With branches around the count...

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MOTOR1.COM
 
A replacement isn't planned because Mazda thinks the CX models can fill the void.
Mazda has sadly called time on its midsize sedan in Japan. The aging 6 is being discontinued in its domestic market where production is set to end in mid-April. If you hurry, there's still time to place...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's lunar lander completed a successful touchdown on the moon’s surface just after midnight on Saturday, but a technical issue related to the craft's ability to use solar power has made it uncertain whether the mission will achieve all of its goals.
With the landing, Japan becom...

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BBC
 
Japan is set to make the latest attempt at a soft touch-down on the Moon.
Its Slim (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) mission will aim for a gentle slope, close to an equatorial crater called Shioli.
The bid follows the failure this month of a private American company to reach the lunar ...

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ABC NEWS
 
Japanese Empress Masako has expressed her yearning for peace as a mother’s love in her poem, read at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
A mother's love and a yearning for peace flowed from Japanese Empress Masako's poem, read Friday at an annual celebration...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The largest faction in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to disband, a lawmaker said Friday, as a political funds scandal involving the group formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has deepened public distrust in politics.
The decision came shortly after...

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