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South Korea, Japan reaffirm denuclearization goal, closer defense ties
South Korea and Japan on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and agreed to revive joint search-and-rescue drills in a… Read
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BusinessDepartment store duty-free sales up for 3rd month in May
Duty-free sales at Japan's department stores in May rose 16.7 percent from a year earlier to around 49.66 billion yen, up for the third straight… Read
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A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region.… Read
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Police in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she hit her sister on the head… Read
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Undoing the 'tangled nest' of Iran sanctions won't be easy or quick
Tehran stands to gain billions of dollars from a 60-day reprieve from U.S. sanctions, but unwinding more than four decades of restrictions poses legal, political… Read
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