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Abe aims to rewrite Japan constitution as he seeks 3rd term
World
September 14, 2018
Abe aims to rewrite Japan constitution as he seeks 3rd term
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears headed for a third three-year term as ruling party leader,…
Operation Tsukiji: Tokyo battles rats as iconic market shuts
World
September 12, 2018
Operation Tsukiji: Tokyo battles rats as iconic market shuts
The operation must be ruthless, thorough and silent. Without alerting the watchful enemy, a unit of highly trained Japanese…
Russia’s Putin tells Japan’s Abe: ‘Let’s sign peace deal this year’
World
September 12, 2018
Russia’s Putin tells Japan’s Abe: ‘Let’s sign peace deal this year’
Russian President Vladimir Putin turned to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a conference stage on Wednesday and offered…
Pro- and anti- whaling nations set for clash in Brazil
Environment
September 10, 2018
Pro- and anti- whaling nations set for clash in Brazil
Nations on either side of the whale hunting debate are set for a standoff as the International Whaling Commission…
Race to find survivors after deadly Japan quake, landslides
World
September 6, 2018
Race to find survivors after deadly Japan quake, landslides
Rescuers scrabbled through mud for survivors Thursday after a powerful earthquake sent hillsides crashing down onto homes in Japan,…
Survey finds Japan med schools admitting men at higher rates
World
September 5, 2018
Survey finds Japan med schools admitting men at higher rates
A government survey sparked by a discrimination scandal has found most Japanese medical schools admit male applicants at a…
Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport
World
September 5, 2018
Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport
A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded…
Strongest typhoon in quarter century batters Japan
World
September 4, 2018
Strongest typhoon in quarter century batters Japan
The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, with more than a million people urged…
Honey the lonely dolphin, abandoned in Japanese aquarium, sparks public outcry
World
August 28, 2018
Honey the lonely dolphin, abandoned in Japanese aquarium, sparks public outcry
The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in…
North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan
World
August 28, 2018
North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan
North Korea still poses a “serious and imminent threat”, Japan said Tuesday in its first annual defense review since…