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Tokyo Olympics seeks 110,000 volunteers
Tokyo wants 110,000 volunteers to help guide foreigners during the 2020 summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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Mercury shoots up across nation
Japan faced its hottest day this year Wednesday as an out-of-season warm front enveloped the archipelago.
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Imperial couple visits Japan's westernmost island
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost island, on the second leg of their Okinawa tour.
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Ground Self-Defense Force gets major overhaul
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force gets a major reorganization, with the creation of a unified command and amphibious for...
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American nabbed cooking meth in guest houses
Police arrest a US man for manufacturing amphetamines at Tokyo guest houses.
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I, clumsy and endearing robot
A university in central Japan develops less perfect robots to create a world where people and robots can better collabor...
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Xiang Xiang enjoys spring blossoms
Panda cub Xiang Xiang enjoys her first spring cherry blossoms.
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Ikata no.2 reactor to be decommissioned
Shikoku Electric will decommission a reactor at its Ikata nuclear plant.
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Pension snafu hits 104,000
Japan's national pension says data was mistakenly entered on over 100,000 people and pensions underpaid by about $19m.
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