![Lawmakers consider banning vapes, too](/englishnews/user_images/s3conv_img_1667.jpg)
Lawmakers consider banning vapes, too
Japanese government officials mull including electronic cigarettes in an upcoming law designed to cut down on second-han...
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First shipment of winter cherry blossoms
A kick-off ceremony is held for the first shipments of "Keio-Sakura" or winter cherry blossoms.
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New Tokyo fish market to open October 2018
The new wholesale market to replace Tokyo's popular Tsukiji fish market will open October 11th, 2018.
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$20m new home for Xiang Xiang
Panda cub Xiang Xiang will get a $20m new home at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo.
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2 more bodies found under apparent N.Korean 'ghost boat'
2 more bodies are found under a boat believed to be from North Korea that washed up in Japan last week.
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Lunar lander Sorato heads to India
Japanese lunar probe Sorato leaves for India from where it will try to land on the moon and claim Google's XPRIZE.
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Megaquake likely off Hokkaido: experts
Japan presents new research indicating a possible megaquake along the Kuril Trench off the country's northeast.
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Record defense budget eyed for FY2018
Japan will request a record roughly $46b defense budget next fiscal year.
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US military resumes CH-53 flights
The US military in Okinawa resumes CH-53E flights six days after one of the choppers dropped a window on an elementary s...
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Giant panda cub shown to public in Tokyo
Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang is shown to the public at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.
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