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Suspect in Deadly Arson Fire in Osaka, Japan, Dies in Hospital
TOKYO — A 61-year-old man whom the police suspected of setting the fire that killed 25 people this month at…
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Japan Approves Major Hike in Military Spending, With Taiwan in Mind
TOKYO — Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved the country’s biggest increase in military spending in decades, as officials expressed growing…
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Police Identify Suspect in Arson Fire That Killed 24 in Japan
TOKYO — Surveillance footage showed the man entering a psychiatric clinic in a busy office building in Osaka, Japan’s third-largest…
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Ready to Shine in the United States, a Star Waits in Japan
Seiya Suzuki is the only player in Nippon Professional Baseball history to homer the first time he stepped to the…
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A New Source of Fuel in an Aging Japan: Adult Incontinence
HOUKI, Japan — The restorative waters that flow into the public baths in this town near the coast of western…
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Japan’s Economy Shrinks, but Outlook Is Warm as Virus Ebbs
Japan’s economy continued to wobble in the third quarter of 2021, tipping back into contraction, as the country struggled to…
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Japan will shorten quarantine for business travelers to 3 days.
Japanese officials said on Friday that they would reduce the length of quarantine for vaccinated business travelers from 10 days…
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Japan’s Election Looks Closer Than Usual, but Party in Power Has Hit Snooze
TOKYO — Japan has had no shortage of faceless prime ministers over the decades, a revolving door of leaders forgotten…
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In Japan, Rural Voters Count More Than Those in Big Cities. It Shows.
By Motoko Rich, Makiko Inoue and Hikari Hida CHIZU, Japan — The mountain village of Chizu explains a lot about how…
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Daily coronavirus cases in Japan fall to the hundreds after a summer peak.
In mid-August, Japan was recording over 20,000 daily coronavirus cases, its highest levels during the pandemic. On Wednesday, it reported…
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