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Top gov't spokesman allegedly received ¥10 mil in kickbacks: source
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan's top government spokesman, is accused of failing to report more than 10 million yen in income raised through events… Read
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PoliticsU.S., S Korean and Japanese security advisers meet to discuss N Korea
The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan are meeting in Seoul on Friday and Saturday to discuss North Korea and… Read
National12 people including foreigners injured in bus-trailer-car crash in Hokkaido
Twelve people including foreign tourists were injured in a traffic accident involving a bus, a tractor trailer and a passenger car Friday in Furano, Hokkaido,… Read
CrimeCouple in their 80s found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Osaka Prefecture
An 83-year-old man and his 83-year-old wife have been found dead in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, in what police believe was a murder-suicide. According to police,… Read
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