US copter makes emergency landing
A US military helicopter makes an emergency landing in southern Japan.
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Shinzo Abe will meet Vladimir Putin and Xi Jingping when he visits Vladivostok from September 10th to 13th.
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"Extremely powerful" typhoon Jebi is expected to rock western Japan when it makes landfall on Tuesday.
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Princess Kako helps kick off a computer programming competition north of Tokyo by giving her first official address in E...
read moreIKEA Japan to remove all single-use plastic products
Furniture giant IKEA Japan announces it will remove all single-use plastic products by 2020.
read moreMinistries falsified disabled worker figures
Japanese ministries overstated employment of the disabled by twice, according to a new probe.
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read moreSelf-driving taxi hits Tokyo: Look Mom, no hands!
An autonomous taxi trial kicks off on the streets of Tokyo in what the operator said is a world first.
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Nippon TV follows a licensed alligator trapper in the wake of a fatal attack on a Japanese woman in South Florida.
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