Nomura explores possible sale of Laser Digital crypto unit
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‘Luffy’ crime group’s alleged leader denies robbery resulting in death
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Simulations cast doubt on unusual asteroid's 'dark comet' status
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BOJ summary suggests good chance of December interest rate hike
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Mitsui Chemicals to take over chip linchpin JSR for $12 billion
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Radiocarbon analysis uncovers possible traces of hidden earthquakes off Japan's coast
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Japanese calligraphy poised to join UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list
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Mitsui Chemicals eyes acquisition of JSR for over ¥1 trillion
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Food delivery market faces shakeout as Uber Eats dominates
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BOJ signals low hopes for consumer spending as population falls
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Honma, astronomer behind black hole image, named for autumn honor
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North Korea fires off apparent ballistic missile
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'I live with a ghost': Japan's haunted homes attract bargain hunters
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M5.4 quake shakes Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; no tsunami warning issued
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Japan's genome-editing law sets a global ethics challenge
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ITOCHU, Mercuria invest in Japan's duty-free technology provider
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Long-term analysis questions whether Japan's depopulation policy can stabilize shrinking communities
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Japan's largest marine DNA study detects 126 fish species farther north than previously recorded
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Tomoka Nishiyama to become first woman to enter <i>kishi</i> shogi ranks
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Japan's unpopular revision of Imperial law that reinforces male-only succession takes effect
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‘Vanishing Japan’ asks what is lost when buildings fall
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Can a traditional ‘ryokan’ inn go global?
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Government calls for stronger energy supply structure in white paper
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Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
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SoftBank market value halves from peak as AI fears grow
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Japan's expensive funerals and declining birthrates are transforming ancestral traditions
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A millennium ago, (almost) everyone in Japan was a poet
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Scientists discover a surprising twist in Japan's 7,300-year-old volcanic apocalypse
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Japan's first female PM says makeup and housework add hours to her working day
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Lawmakers split on including nuclear submarine study in security documents
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Okinawa resolution calls for revision of U.S. forces pact after murder
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Nomura, Daiwa CEOs flag risk AI may spoil stock market rally
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Japan considers having nuclear-powered-sub study in security documents
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Nomura Asset Management shifts focus to longer-term returns
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As wind power momentum slows in Japan, can tech help the industry get back on track?
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Japan needs to protect its undersea lifelines
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Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list
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Takaichi to focus on economic growth and better future in policy speech
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Proposals on reforming Prime Minister’s Office focus on leader’s time management
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Japan’s health cost caps rise, widening gaps between insurers
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Tokyo suffers the longest streak of rainy days on record
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Tokyo records longest rainy streak on record with 34 consecutive days
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Building Asia's future must embrace the limitations of people and planet
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Japan's 2011 tsunami sparked fish hybridization, but species boundaries largely held
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Japan’s booming tourism industry struggling to improve sustainability
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Watch: Timelapse shows typhoon barrelling towards Japan
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Japan's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%
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Tokyo Game Show turns 30, but gaming keeps looking back
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A boat towed by a North Korean cargo sinks off Japan's northwestern coast, 1 missing
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Hiroshi Sugimoto’s work is more than photography
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Nomura warns of slowing trading revenue growth as boom cools
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Japan loses contact with a surveillance drone off the country's northwestern coast
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As Japan’s cities get denser, could greener rooftops replace lost gardens?
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Pay to ghost your boss: Japan's resignation business
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Japan's biomass energy boom threatens further deforestation in Indonesia
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Okinawan businesses lament stricter rules for drone flights
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Chubu Electric chiefs to quit over nuclear data fraud, NHK Says
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Japan's Hayabusa2 achieves first-ever laser ranging experiment with an asteroid
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Turkmen President receives Japan's economy minister
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BOJ set to raise interest rate to 1.25% next week
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