FEATURE: Japan's last 2 captive sea otters symbolizing species' fragile future
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Domino's Pizza to shut 20% of Japan stores to streamline operations
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Japan's "ekiben" boxed meals for train travelers rolled out in Zurich
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Japan TV host, ex-SMAP member Masahiro Nakai announces retirement from showbiz amid sex misconduct scandal that resulted in mass exodus of TV commercial sponsors for Fuji TV
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Japanese actress, singer Miho Nakayama found dead at Tokyo home
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Last Hong Kong colonial governor Chris Patten among foreigners decorated in Japan
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Japan's Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap, latest ever
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Japan PM Ishiba seeks partners after ruling bloc loses lower house majority
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Life-sized Gundam robot statue completed for 2025 World Expo
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China harassing its citizens in Japan it considers subversive: Human Rights Watch report
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Tokyo Tower targets high-end foreign tourists with new luxury tour, priced at 7,000 yen (US$50) per adult
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Runway closed at Miyazaki airport in southwestern Japan after explosion reported
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Special permission to stay in Japan has been granted to 212 foreign minors and their family members who did not have residence status and could have been deported
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Japanese court acquits 88-year-old man in high-profile retrial decades after he was sentenced to death over 1966 quadruple murder case
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Japan destroyer inadvertently entered China waters, captain sacked
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Japan researchers identify protein variants that increase during exercise and help burn fat
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Shohei Ohtani becomes MLB's 1st with 50 homers and 50 steals
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Shinkansen makes emergency stop as Hayabusa-Komachi portions decouple while running en route to Tokyo
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Japanese schoolboy dies after being stabbed by man in China's Shenzhen
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Pupil at Japanese elementary school in China attacked by man: Japan gov't
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Mount Fuji crowds shrink after Japan rolls out overtourism measures such as charging entry fee and setting daily quota
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Okinawa governor criticizes US-Japan information sharing, lobbies lawmakers to curb troop misconduct after sexual assault cases
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Escapee penguin found in good health after 2-week jaunt in central Japan, believed to have traveled more than 40 km along coast despite having never swum in the open ocean before its summer escapade
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Asian elephant dies at Fukuoka zoo after arriving from Myanmar in late July and testing positive earlier this month for elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus
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Japan's Prince Hisahito, 2nd in line to throne, turns 18, becoming first male member of Japan's imperial family to reach adulthood in around 39 years
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