Top S. Korean court orders reparations for WWII forced labor

Top S. Korean court orders reparations for WWII forced labor

Japan's government criticizes the South Korean top court's decision ordering Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal to pay repara...

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Princess Ayako weds commoner

Princess Ayako weds commoner

Japan's Princess Ayako, the third daughter of the late Prince Takamado, ties the knot with commoner Kei Moriya.

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Japan satellite to monitor CO2 emissions

Japan satellite to monitor CO2 emissions

Japan launches a new satellite with enhanced capabilities to monitor global warming gas emissions to shed light on clima...

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Abe, Li vow to improve ties

Abe, Li vow to improve ties

Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Abe and Chinese Premier Li agree to further develop economic relations.

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Too much plastic

Too much plastic

Japan produces more plastic garbage than it can process domestically, so some ends up as microplastics in the country's ...

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Japan, China mark 40 years of treaty

Japan, China mark 40 years of treaty

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets China's leaders in Beijing to mark 40 years of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship.

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Freed journalist Junpei Yasuda returns to Japan

Freed journalist Junpei Yasuda returns to Japan

Freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda comes back to Japan after being held captive by an armed militant group in Syria.

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Japanese freelance journalist freed

Japanese freelance journalist freed

Junpei Yasuda, a freelance journalist held by an armed group in Syria for more than three years, is freed in Turkey.

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Japan to end aid to China

Japan to end aid to China

Japan will end official development assistance to the world's second largest economy China after 40 years.

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Syria's eastern Ghouta faces long recovery

Syria's eastern Ghouta faces long recovery

Syria's eastern Ghouta district remains devastated six months after the Assad regime took over the rebel stronghold in A...

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