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New Year's tuna auction nets record $3m
The New Year's first bluefin tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market nets a record $3m.
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Final Heisei eclipse wows
The last solar eclipse of the Heisei period wows people around Japan.
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S.Korean video refutes Japan radar claim
South Korea's Defense Ministry releases a video refuting a Japanese claim that a Korean warship's radar locked onto a Ja...
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New era to be announced April 1
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the name of the new era to begin with the enthronement of Crown Prince Naruhito will be a...
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Quake can't stop coming of age ceremony
New adults in a quake-hit town in southwest Japan celebrate their coming of age.
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Powerful quake rattles southwestern Japan
A M-5.1 earthquake shakes Kumamoto Prefecture, but leaves only minor damage.
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Nikkei closes down 3%
The Nikkei 225 closes at 19,561.96 i nits first trading session of the year.
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Feudal battle redux
100 people don armor and wield weapons to reenact the Battle of Kawanakajima, a legendary feudal Japanese fight.
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Quake strikes Kumamoto
A moderately strong earthquake of six minus on Japan's intensity scale shook southwest Kumamoto at 6:10 pm Thursday.
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Ancient New Year rite enlivens shrine
Crowds of men in only sumo belts scramble for a ball in an ancient New Year's tradition in southwest Japan.
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