Snackmaking in the cold

In the coldest part of the year in a town in central Japan, a small workshop is bustling with workers making “kakimochi,...

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Abe meets the majors

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on Tuesday Red Sox players Koji Uehara and Junichi Tazawa. Both are pitchers for t...

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Supermarket sales down 17th straight year

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s so-called Abenomics has given Japan’s stock market a lift.But Abenomics hasn’t been...

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Abe Cabinet support rebounds

Support for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is rebounding from a dip following the passage of a controversial state se...

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Purification by freezing waterfall

Monday was the coldest day of the year in Japan, according to the traditional calendar.The day was an occasion for some ...

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