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Video shows eruption debris on Mount Asama
Nippon TV peers inside the no-go zone of a volcano in central Japan.
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Power trouble affects 120,000 Tokyo commuters
Power trouble on the Tokyo subway affects more than 120,000 commuters Wednesday morning.
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40 years since Japanese girl kidnapped by N.Korea
Exactly 40 years since 13-year-old Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea, her parents still hope to see her again.
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Abe seeks maximum pressure on N.Korea
In Manila, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for maximum pressure on North Korea.
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Dried mullet roe production at peak
Workers in southwest Japan are busy making dried mullet roe, a pricey specialty once favored by shoguns.
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Tokyo Gov Koike quits as head of 'Party of Hope'
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike quits as co-leader of the conservative opposition "Party of Hope."
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Abe, Li move to improve ties
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vow to better ties in Manila.
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Chiba likely to make 'geologic' history
The odds are increasing that a geologic age may be dubbed "Chibanian" and named after a place in Japan for the first tim...
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Panda debut date looms
Tokyo's celebrity giant panda cub Xiang Xiang is expected to go on display to the public around December 19.
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The tax kids cometh
For a limited time, children get to experience the, er, wonder of being a tax office worker at an amusement facility in ...
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