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Lavish trips for the well-heeled

Lavish trips for the well-heeled

Japan is coming up with lavish trips to lure affluent foreign tourists.

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Monkeys walk a tightrope

Monkeys walk a tightrope

Camera captures monkeys walking on an electric wire in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.

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Japan braves cold weather

Japan braves cold weather

A 120-meter-tall waterfall in Ibarakai Prefecture is about to freeze completely.

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Cheap beer battle ahead of tax hike

Cheap beer battle ahead of tax hike

Japanese beer makers are bringing out new lines of cheap, so-called third category beer ahead of a tax hike this October...

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