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JAPAN U 23

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Figure Skating
Dec 24, 2017
Shoma Uno defends national title despite free skate struggles
Shoma Uno captured his second straight national title on Sunday night in decisive fashion at Musashino Forest Sports Centre. The young star dominated his opponents at the All-Japan Championships despite struggling in his free skate.
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JAPAN
Dec 24, 2017
Taro Kono to discuss Rohingya crisis during Myanmar visit in January
Foreign Minister Taro Kono is set to visit Myanmar next month to hold talks with leader Aung San Suu Kyi and express concerns over the ongoing Rohingya crisis.
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Figure Skating
Dec 23, 2017
Drama on ice: Satoko Miyahara captures fourth consecutive national title
Satoko Miyahara showed her mettle when the chips were down on Saturday night, coming from second place after the short program to capture her fourth straight national title at the All-Japan Championships at Musashino Forest Sports Centre.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2017
Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama to succeed Kenichiro Sasae as ambassador to United States
Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama will succeed Japan's current Washington envoy, Kenichiro Sasae, as ambassador to the United States, according to government sources.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 23, 2017
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JAPAN
Dec 23, 2017
Plantings of 'tsunami trees' link Tohoku with Banda Aceh
A group of colorfully dressed girls performed an energetic traditional welcome dance when Japanese artist Takashi Murakami visited their elementary school in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, for a tree-planting event Friday morning.
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Figure Skating
Dec 22, 2017
Reigning champion Shoma Uno takes control at nationals
Shoma Uno is halfway to his second straight national title after taking a comfortable lead following the short program at the All-Japan Championships on Friday night.
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OLYMPICS
Dec 22, 2017
Snowboarders Ayumu Hirano and Tomoka Takeuchi named to Japan Olympic team for Pyeongchang Games
The Ski Association of Japan announced Friday that Sochi snowboarding silver medalists Ayumu Hirano and Tomoka Takeuchi, as well as 10 other athletes, will compete in February's Pyeongchang Olympics.
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BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017
Cabinet OKs record-high ¥97.71 trillion 2018 budget to cover rising social security and defense costs
The Cabinet approves a draft budget of u00a597.7 trillion for fiscal 2018, breaking the record for the sixth year straight.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 21, 2017
Government estimates new TPP and EU trade deals will boost Japan's GDP by ¥13 trillion
Japan's recently sealed free trade pacts with 10 Pacific Rim countries and with the European Union will increase real gross domestic product by an estimated ¥13 trillion ($114 billion), the government said Thursday.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2017
Watchdog urges Tokyo to curb 'rampant' illegal ivory exports to China
A survey of 430 shops and stalls in tourist areas of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, conducted by investigators posing as customers, found nearly 5,000 items made from elephant tusks.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2017
LDP divided over more substantial changes to Article 9 of Japan's war-renouncing Constitution
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Wednesday it is weighing both moderate and drastic revisions of the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, as it summarized its discussions on constitutional amendment in an interim report.
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JAPAN
Dec 21, 2017
Cultural showcase store opens at new Japan House Los Angeles facility in Hollywood
At 10 a.m. on the second floor of a shopping mall in central Hollywood on Wednesday, a brightly lit store selling about 1,200 Japanese products opened its doors for the first time to a small crowd of journalists and onlookers.
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JAPAN
Dec 21, 2017
Japan welcomes 26 million foreign visitors from January to November, up 19% from 2016
The number of visitors to Japan from January to November this year has been estimated at 26,169,400, up 19.0 percent from a year earlier, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2017
Japan Airlines falls victim to email fraud, paying out ¥384 million to Hong Kong accounts
Japan Airlines Co. said it has been defrauded out of ¥384 million ($3.4 million) after receiving emails earlier this year that called for the payments of lease fees and commissions into bank accounts in Hong Kong.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 20, 2017
Champion Hawks honored with Japan's top pro sports award
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fittingly received the nation's top pro sports accolade for their dominant season in 2017.
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JAPAN
Dec 20, 2017
Japan and Taiwan sign memorandum of understanding for search and rescue, but fishing dispute remains unresolved
Japan and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday to enhance cooperation over search and rescue at sea but failed to settle a dispute concerning fishing around Okinotori Island, regarded by Japan as its southernmost territory.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2017
Making Japanese small business thrive
It's time for Japan's small and medium-size enterprises to embrace technological solutions to find global customers.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2017
What the world can learn from Japan's factories
Countries hoping to revive their manufacturing sectors should look east for answers.
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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2017
U.K. may struggle to top Japan-EU trade terms after Brexit
Despite hopes for a good free trade deal with Japan, the United Kingdom is unlikely to improve on the recent agreement between Tokyo and Brussels, and could end up worse off, experts say.

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