Japan high school girls least happy with body shape: survey

Japan high school girls least happy with body shape: survey

A survey of high schoolers in Japan, the US, China and South Korea finds Japanese girls the least satisfied with their f...

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Teenagers aim for Mars

Teenagers aim for Mars

A group of high school students in Japan attempts to build an aircraft able to fly over Mars.

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Forced sterilization victims demand redress

Forced sterilization victims demand redress

Diet members hear for the first time from disabled women who underwent forced sterilization under the nation's former eu...

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Udon marathon aims to promote local noodles

Udon marathon aims to promote local noodles

Takamatsu in western Japan promotes its famous udon noodles via a 60-kilo ultra "mara-nic" (marathon + picnic) with stop...

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Imperial Couple end Okinawa visit with karate demo

Imperial Couple end Okinawa visit with karate demo

Japan's Imperial Couple take in a karate demo and visit the Okinawa Karate Hall before returning to Tokyo on their last ...

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Tokyo Olympics seeks 110,000 volunteers

Tokyo Olympics seeks 110,000 volunteers

Tokyo wants 110,000 volunteers to help guide foreigners during the 2020 summer Olympics and Paralympics.

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Mercury shoots up across nation

Mercury shoots up across nation

Japan faced its hottest day this year Wednesday as an out-of-season warm front enveloped the archipelago.

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Imperial couple visits Japan's westernmost island

Imperial couple visits Japan's westernmost island

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost island, on the second leg of their Okinawa tour.

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Ground Self-Defense Force gets major overhaul

Ground Self-Defense Force gets major overhaul

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force gets a major reorganization, with the creation of a unified command and amphibious for...

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Monsters take over tiny town

Monsters take over tiny town

Monster-themed art transforms a small town in western Japan.

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