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A new supermajority in the powerful House of Representatives may embolden Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to pursue amending Japan's postwar Constitution after her party scored… Read
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U.S. tech firm Google LLC and Japanese online shopping giant Rakuten Group Inc said Thursday they will launch a shopping service on YouTube that allows… Read
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Mainland Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 60.7 percent in January year-on-year, figures showed Wednesday, in the continued fallout from the countries' diplomatic spat. "Last year,… Read
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On January 26, following what Shukan Bunshun (Feb 19) describes as a "desperate pursuit," police arrested 41-year-old Hiroaki Obata, chairman of Natural, a network of… Read
