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U 22 JAPAN

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JAPAN
Dec 7, 2015
Pearl Harbor ceremony unites former U.S. and Japanese pilots
Former U.S. airman Jack DeTour, 92, and Japanese fighter pilot Shiro Wakita, 88, sworn enemies during World War II, together poured whiskey from a battered canteen into Pearl Harbor on Sunday to commemorate the 1941 attack on the U.S. naval base.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2015
Four bodies taken from net-entangled boat off Aomori
Four bodies were recovered from a wooden boat found entangled in a fishing net off Aomori Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 7, 2015
Weather-delayed Orbital freighter heads back to ISS with key supplies, toiletries
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Sunday, sending a long-awaited Orbital ATK cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station for NASA.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 5, 2015
Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan's diplomats
‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and Japanologist, arrived in Japan in 1862...
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CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2015
Hanzai Japan
Hackneyed writing and plot devices grow like kabi (mold) in crime fiction, but this anthology of 16 stories by writers in and outside Japan serves up tasty surprises. "Jigoku" by Naomi Hirahara is a heartfelt, surefooted tale by a serial killer confined to a cardboard-box in hell. Carrie Vaughn's "The...
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 5, 2015
Seesaw Vote Inequality
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2015
U.N. committee adopts Japanese-led resolution to raise tsunami awareness
A U.N. committee declares Nov. 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day ahead of the anniversary of the March 11, 2011, disaster to highlight the dangers the waves pose.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 4, 2015
Onaga indignant over 'politically motivated' early return of small land strips in Okinawa
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga on Friday expressed "strong indignation" over a Japan-U.S. accord announced earlier in the day over returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017.
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BASKETBALL
Dec 4, 2015
WJBL's Antelopes focus on positive gains
In Japan's sports culture, you are supposed to be disappointed and mourn when you lose a game.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2015
Man on video likely visited Yasukuni Shrine before suspected bombing
A South Korean man caught on surveillance camera footage around the time of a suspected bombing at a public restroom at war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Nov. 23 is likely to have gone to the Tokyo shrine on the preceding day, investigative sources said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 4, 2015
Japan's defense budget likely to top ¥5 trillion for first time
Japan's defense budget for the next fiscal year is likely to top ¥5 trillion ($40 billion) for the first time, government sources said, as the military prepares for an expanded role under new security legislation.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2015
Case of SDF info leak to ex-Russian diplomat sent to prosecutors
Police on Friday referred to prosecutors the case of a suspected leak of restricted information in 2013 by a former Ground Self-Defense Force commander to a Russian intelligence officer formerly posted in Tokyo as a military attache.
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JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015
U.S. military announces return of two slivers of land in Okinawa in 2018
The United States and Japan announce the return in 2018 of two strips of land from military bases in Okinawa to widen civilian roads.
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BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2015
Abe visit unlikely to lead to nuclear deal with India's Modi
It may take a few more meetings between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and India's Narendra Modi before the two countries seal a civil nuclear agreement.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015
JR West to stop punishing crews for errors to prevent cover-ups
West Japan Railway Co. will ease disciplinary measures for train crews to prevent them from covering up errors, company officials said Friday, in what is the first such attempt in the industry.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015
Probe launched over abrupt change in MSDF's next chopper pick
A special unit under the defense minister is investigating whistleblower information that the Maritime Self-Defense Force's preferred choice for its next-generation utility helicopters, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani admitted Friday.
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JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2015
Dec 3, 2015
Japan-based aid group sets up fish, timber projects in rural Laos
Despite enjoying robust economic growth, Laos continues to face challenges in development, particularly in rural areas.
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JAPAN
Dec 3, 2015
Civic group to sue government for not issuing visas to Chinese war victims
A civic group opposed to recently enacted legislation authorizing the biggest changes since World War II to Japan's military posture said Thursday it will sue the government for refusing to issue visas to Chinese war victims to attend a protest rally last week.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2015
Man linked to Yasukuni restroom blast believed to have returned to South Korea
A man caught on camera after an explosion outside Yasukuni Shrine is South Korean and has returned to his country, according to sources.
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CULTURE / Music
Dec 3, 2015
Review: X Japan at Yokohama Arena
X Japan kicked off its Japan tour on Tuesday night in front of a packed crowd at Yokohama Arena. And the show was a welcome return to form.

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