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Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
World › 03:35 AM JST - 1st July
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race. The state's top…
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Palin resigns as Alaska governor; keeps plans secret
World › 11:03 AM JST - 4th July
Alaska Gov Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican…
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Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
World › 04:45 AM JST - 1st July
Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's background track. Left alone…
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JAL flight canceled as copilot detained in Hawaii for urinating in park
National › 05:18 AM JST - 30th June
Japan Airlines had to cancel a flight from Honolulu to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, last week as a 53-year-old copilot was detained by police…
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Alarm caused by imminent passage of immigration law reform bills
National › 04:39 AM JST - 3rd July
Foreign residents and their supporters aired their concerns Thursday about the imminent Diet passage of bills to revise immigration laws, claiming the amendments are intended…
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Palin links resignation to 'higher calling'
World › 06:20 AM JST - 5th July
Outgoing Alaska Gov Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling"…
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Four college students arrested for allegedly gang-raping girl
Crime › 02:30 PM JST - 30th June
Four college students have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping an 18-year-old girl, police said Monday. According to police, the four suspects -- Takasaki City vocational…
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2-year-old girl dies in hit-and-run while crossing street in Yokohama
Crime › 02:30 PM JST - 1st July
A 2-year-old girl died in a probable hit-and-run on Tuesday after she was hit by a car as she was walking across a street at…
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More new employees in Japan choose working rather than dating
National › 02:30 PM JST - 30th June
More than 80 percent of new recruits who started working this spring would choose to work if asked to do overtime rather than go out…
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Anti-drug poster featuring Yukie Nakama to go up at schools nationwide
Entertainment › 05:00 AM JST - 1st July
Ryu Shionoya, 59, a senior official at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, recently showed off the new anti-drug poster featuring actress…
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Vietnam War leftover ordnance has killed 42,000
World › 01:41 PM JST - 29th June
Unexploded ordnance left over from the Vietnam War has killed more than 42,000 people in the country since the conflict ended more than three decades…
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Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
World › 02:03 PM JST - 2nd July
Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday,…
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Serial groper caught in the act on Yokohama train
Crime › 02:19 PM JST - 2nd July
A 33-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly groping in a train after he was caught touching a high school girl on his way to…
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One zoo to avoid
Commentary › 06:00 AM JST - 30th June
I am ambivalent towards zoos. Part of me - the inquisitive, endlessly fascinated side - loves zoos. Seeing these creatures up close and personal, watching…
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North Korea fires 7 ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan
National › 03:00 AM JST - 5th July
The Japanese government lodged a protest against North Korea through diplomatic channels in Beijing over its launching of seven ballistic missiles into the Sea of…
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Advanced ballistic missile defense network goes into service
National › 04:14 AM JST - 2nd July
A new air defense network integrating Japan's ballistic missile sensors and interception systems began operating Wednesday, upgrading the nation's defense against ballistic missiles, the Air…
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Teacher, wife busted for filming women in toilet 'just for fun'
Crime › 02:30 PM JST - 29th June
Police on Sunday arrested a teacher from a Tama Ward elementary school and his wife for violation of the prefectural public nuisance prevention ordinance after…
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22-year-old mother held for allegedly suffocating 16-day-old son
Crime › 02:14 PM JST - 2nd July
A 22-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday for the alleged murder of her infant son 16 days after he was born. According to police, Nagasaki City…
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Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules
World › 02:38 PM JST - 1st July
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he wants to make the law prohibiting gays from serving openly in the armed forces "more humane" until Congress…
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Whirlpools
Picture of the Day › 05:00 AM JST - 2nd July
A sightseeing boat approaches a whirlpool in the Seto Inland Sea in Tokushima Prefecture. The whirlpool is one of many created by the ebb and…
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Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
World › 03:35 AM JST - 1st July
Palin resigns as Alaska governor; keeps plans secret
World › 11:03 AM JST - 4th July
Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
World › 04:45 AM JST - 1st July
JAL flight canceled as copilot detained in Hawaii for urinating in park
National › 05:18 AM JST - 30th June
Alarm caused by imminent passage of immigration law reform bills
National › 04:39 AM JST - 3rd July
