Abe, Obama to visit Pearl Harbor

Abe, Obama to visit Pearl Harbor

Japan's Shinzo Abe will become the first sitting prime minister to visit Pearl Harbor in a trip to Hawaii December 26-27...

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Utility customers to pay for Fukushima

Utility customers to pay for Fukushima

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry reveals that electricity users and utilities are expected to shoulder the gr...

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Casino bill passes lower house committee

Casino bill passes lower house committee

Japan is poised to get casinos after a lower house committee rushed through a new casino bill.

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Empty Toyosu market unveiled to media

Empty Toyosu market unveiled to media

The media is shown the vacant Toyosu market nearly a month after it was supposed to replace Tokyo's famous Tsukiji whole...

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Panel split on imperial abdication

Panel split on imperial abdication

A slight majority of experts on a government panel on Imperial abdication support or conditionally support the abdicatio...

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Lower house passes pension reform bill

Lower house passes pension reform bill

Japan's lower house passes a pension reform bill to stem rising expenditures.

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Ruling parties extend Diet session

Ruling parties extend Diet session

Japan's ruling coalition decides to extend the extra Diet session for two weeks.

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Tokyo looks to learn from Rio Olympics

Tokyo looks to learn from Rio Olympics

Tokyo and Olympic organizers held a debriefing to help the metropolis take lessons from the Rio to help make the 2020 To...

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Santa Trump headlines annual parody

Santa Trump headlines annual parody

You better watch out! Santa Trump has come to town, roosting on a roof in western Japan in an annual Christmas parody.

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Tokyo rethinks its brand

Tokyo rethinks its brand

A team of experts meets for the first time to rethink Tokyo's brand in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

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