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Government inflates disabled staff numbers
Some 28 central government bodies improperly count 3,700 employees as workers with disabilities.
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Toothpick tower contest tests students
Students in southwest Japan compete to see whose toothpick tower can withstand an earthquake.
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Lone female minister denies influence peddling
Japan's only female minister denies allegations that she was paid to help a business owner get a tax break.
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Syria's eastern Ghouta faces long recovery
Syria's eastern Ghouta district remains devastated six months after the Assad regime took over the rebel stronghold in A...
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Anpanman train marks 30 years of Great Seto Bridge line
A special one-day Anpanman train run marks 30 years of the Seto-Ohashi Line across the Inland Sea.
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Cashless culture growing in Japan
Cash-loving Japan has been slow to accept alternative payments, but new government incentives and an impending sales tax...
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Japan seeks more Chinese pandas
Japan's prime minister will ask China for more pandas when he visits the country next week.
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Bamboo boar dolls herald new year
2019 is the year of the boar, and craftsmen in central Japan are hard at work producing bamboo boar dolls.
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Replacing bad quake dampers could take 2 years
It may take 2 years for KYB to replace all of the sub-standard anti-quake dampers installed in buildings across Japan.
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Atomic-level structure of Ebola virus revealed
A team of researchers in Japan reveals the atomic-level structure of the deadly Ebola virus.
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