Shogi prodigy Fujii becomes youngest double titleholder

Shogi prodigy Fujii becomes youngest double titleholder

Shogi prodigy Fujii Sota becomes the youngest player of the traditional Japanese board game to hold two of its eight maj...

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Nissan underreports Ghosn-linked income of 1 billion yen

Nissan underreports Ghosn-linked income of 1 billion yen

Japanese tax authorities notify Nissan Motor that the automaker has failed to declare as income about 1 billion yen link...

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Rain storage facility built under Tokyo's Shibuya Station

Rain storage facility built under Tokyo's Shibuya Station

A large rainwater storage facility is completed under Tokyo's Shibuya Station as a flood prevention measure.

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Harry Potter theme park to open in Tokyo

Harry Potter theme park to open in Tokyo

Tokyo will get a Harry Potter theme park due to open in 2023. The facility will display props and costumes from the wiza...

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Mysterious seeds delivered across Japan

Mysterious seeds delivered across Japan

Packages marked China Post containing mysterious seeds turn up in people's mailboxes across Japan despite no one orderin...

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Smoking area artwork for social distancing

Smoking area artwork for social distancing

Officials at Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward place artwork on the ground of a smoking area outside a train station to urge social...

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Fewer people out after summer holiday

Fewer people out after summer holiday

The flow of people at major train stations in Tokyo on the first Monday after Japan's summer holiday season decreases co...

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Domestic air travelers in August down 65%

Domestic air travelers in August down 65%

The number of passengers traveling by air within Japan during the summer holiday season in August drops 65 percent from ...

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of end of World War Two

Japan marks 75th anniversary of end of World War Two

Organizers scale back the event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II amid the novel coronaviru...

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Japanese ministers visit war linked Yasukuni shrine

Japanese ministers visit war linked Yasukuni shrine

Four members of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's Cabinet visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.

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