Young man hopes to spread 'Japanese Tip'

Young man hopes to spread 'Japanese Tip'

Cash tipping isn't done in Japan, so a young man has come up with a different way of saying thanks--the 'Japanese Tip.'

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Reps don new folding helmets for quake drill

Reps don new folding helmets for quake drill

Members of Japan's house of representatives drill for an earthquake using a new folding helmet.

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Fast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies

Fast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies

Fast Retailing president Tadashi Yanai says President Donald Trump's policies could spur Uniqlo to pull out of the US ma...

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Fukushima town opens mall to welcome residents home

Fukushima town opens mall to welcome residents home

A mall opens in a town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Island stranded by tsunami gets new bridge

Island stranded by tsunami gets new bridge

Workers in Kesennuma, northeast Japan put in place the main span of a key bridge destroyed by the 2011 tsunami.

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Imperial Couple visits Musashi Imperial Graveyard

Imperial Couple visits Musashi Imperial Graveyard

Japan's Imperial Couple visits ancestral graves at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard.

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Govt plan would punish firms for overwork

Govt plan would punish firms for overwork

Japan's government is moving to penalize companies that overwork employees.

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Large hole found in Aomori wheat field

Large hole found in Aomori wheat field

A large and mysterious hole is found in a wheat field after reports of a fireball in the skies over northern Japan.

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Takahama nuclear power reactors to be reactivated

Takahama nuclear power reactors to be reactivated

A high court allows the restart of two Takahama nuclear reactors in central Japan, rescinding a lower court injunction t...

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Waste removed from illegal dump site in western Japan

Waste removed from illegal dump site in western Japan

The removal of all industrial waste materials illegally dumped on Teshima island in western Japan is completed.

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