Police arrest $92 mil. drug smuggler
Japanese police arrest a Taiwanese man for attempting to smuggle 335 pounds of amphetamine worth $92 million.
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Osprey crash fans anti-military fire
A US Marine Corps Osprey crash in Okinawa stirs-up anti-military feelings.
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Ministers meet ahead of Abe-Putin conference
Takeo Akiba, Japan's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Igor Morgulov, deputy minister of Russia's Foreign Ministry...
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Osprey goes down off Okinawa
A U-S Osprey transporter makes an emergency landing off Okinawa.
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Putin speaks to Nippon TV ahead of Japan visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin tells Nippon TV and the Yomiuri newspaper "there is no territorial issue" before his p...
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Naritasan temple gets year-end cleaning
The imposing Naritasan Shinshoji Temple near Narita Airport gets a year-end cleaning.
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Original emoji exhibited at New York's MoMA
The original emoji created for Japanese mobile giant NTT DOCOMO go on show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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