Robot phone rentals to start

Robot phone rentals to start

The future is almost here and for rent: people will soon be able to add an element of sci-fi to their Tokyo adventures.

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Princess Aiko graduates junior high

Princess Aiko graduates junior high

Princess Aiko and her parents Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attend her junior high school graduation c...

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Mammographs could miss cancer in dense tissue

Mammographs could miss cancer in dense tissue

Japan's Association of Breast Cancer Screening says mammograms may miss cancer in women with dense breast tissue.

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Images show 'sand-like' material on bottom of reactor No.1

Images show 'sand-like' material on bottom of reactor No.1

Tokyo Electric has new images showing a 'sand-like' material inside the meltdown-hit reactor No.1 at Fukushima Daiichi.

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Tokyo first in the nation to see Someiyoshino cherry blossoms

Tokyo first in the nation to see Someiyoshino cherry blossoms

Tokyo is first in the nation to see Someiyoshino cherry blossoms, launching the official start to Japan's cherry blossom...

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Tokyo 2020 golf venue to admit women members

Tokyo 2020 golf venue to admit women members

The men-only golf venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will accept women members.

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Japan remembers 1995 sarin attack victims

Japan remembers 1995 sarin attack victims

Japan marks 22 years since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

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ANA launches Star Wars C-3PO aircraft

ANA launches Star Wars C-3PO aircraft

ANA will welcome domestic travelers with new aircraft designed to represent Star Wars' C-3PO.

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Former Tokyo Governor Ishihara takes responsibility

Former Tokyo Governor Ishihara takes responsibility

Former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara admits he was the one who made the final decision to move the Tsukiji fish marke...

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Abe denies donations to school at center of land scandal

Abe denies donations to school at center of land scandal

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies donations to a school at the center of a shady cut-rate land purchase scandal.

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