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Ramen shop offers 'rahan' noodle-free rice dishes

CHIBA -- It's not unusual in Japan to see someone have a small bowl of rice with their ramen. But how about only having rice in ramen soup minus the noodles?

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China enhancing submarine capabilities

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The Chinese military is steadily improving the capabilities of its fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, which are capable of carrying strategic missiles. With its eye on China's medium- to long-term rivalry with the United States, Beijing is hurrying to develop a new type of submarine, efforts that…

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Amway Japan ordered to suspend operations for 6 months

The Consumer Affairs Agency has ordered Amway Japan G.K. to suspend certain operations in connection with illegal solicitation, the CAA said Friday.

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Mangaka died in rescue bid

NAHA -- The creator of the popular manga "Yu-Gi-Oh!" who was found dead in July in waters off Nago in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drowned while trying to rescue people who were having difficulties at sea.

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Request for dissolution of Unification Church 'difficult'

A Cabinet minister has said it would be difficult to request a court order to dissolve the Unification Church under the current circumstances, following calls to do so from the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales, which supports victims of the group formally known as the Family Federation for…

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Pregnant women might receive coupons worth 100,000 yen per newborn under new support package

The government is considering offering pregnant women coupons worth 100,000 yen per newborn from the pregnancy stage as part of a financial support package being considered, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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LDP eyeing corporate, income tax hikes

Yoichi Miyazawa, the chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party's Research Commission on the Tax System, hinted in a recent interview that the LDP would consider raising corporate and income taxes to fund an increase in defense spending.

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Political Pulse / Abe's death puts focus on Kishida's contrasting leadership qualities

"The different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea."

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Man's dedicated search for wife swept up in tsunami inspires piano composition

A man whose wife remains missing following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami has made about 600 dives to search for her, inspiring a French composer to write a piano piece based on their "love story."

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Online health services eyed to combat COVID, flu outbreaks

The government has announced a plan to expand online medical services in preparation for simultaneous outbreaks of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in the coming winter months.

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Tokyo technology, medical universities to merge by end of fiscal 2024

The Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University announced plans to merge by the end of fiscal 2024 at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday.

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Revamped Nanatsuboshi fares range up to 1.7 million yen.

Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) has revamped the interior of its luxury sleeper train Nanatsuboshi (Seven Stars in Kyushu), unveiling the new train cars to the media on Wednesday at Hakata Station in Fukuoka.

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My Number, health insurance cards to be integrated in 2024

Digital minister Taro Kono announced Thursday that the government will aim to abolish health insurance cards and integrate them into the My Number identification card system in the autumn of 2024.

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Japanese man returns home after 6 years in Chinese jail

BEIJING -- A Japanese man arrested in China on charges of spying has finished his six-year prison sentence and returned to Japan on Tuesday.

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Overpayments of 217 million yen. seen in Go To Travel refunds

The government may have overpaid travel agencies and other related entities about 217 million yen because of refund errors following the suspension of the Go To Travel campaign, an investigation by the Board of Audit has revealed.

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Survey: Physical strength of elderly hits downturn

The physical fitness of people 65 and older appears to be declining, according to the fiscal 2021 physical fitness and exercise capacity survey released by the Japan Sports Agency on Wednesday.

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JAXA's Epsilon-6 rocket launch ends with self-destruct signal

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said it transmitted a self-destruct signal to the Epsilon-6 solid-fuel rocket soon after it was launched on Wednesday morning from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Welcoming tourists comes with challenges

The easing of COVID-19 border control measures on Tuesday has raised hopes for a return to the old bustle of tourist sites across Japan.

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Travel products eligible for govt discounts sell out

Travel products eligible for discounts under a new government program launched Tuesday sold out quickly on some reservation sites, prompting local governments and other entities to scramble to arrange more sales.

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Scheduling snafu sends Diet into 9-day stall

The Diet is in the unusual situation of being open but effectively closed at the same time, as the Budget Committees of the upper and lower houses will not meet until Monday and only a limited number of other committees will gather in the meantime.

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Will Russia be able to maintain offensive?

KYIV -- Following two consecutive days of Russian military attacks on Ukraine's capital and elsewhere in retaliation for an explosion on a bridge that links Russian-occupied Crimea to Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin can be said to have demonstrated his stance that he would launch counteroffensives against attacks on "his…

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Japan-led CO2 plan to be launched at COP27

A Japan-led offset credit trading framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be launched at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt next month.

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Tokyo airports bustle as entry restrictions eased for tourists

Border control measures were greatly eased on Tuesday, including the elimination of the ban on individual tourists from abroad.

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Foreign minister's visits underline Japan's focus on S.E. Asian nations

KUALA LUMPUR -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has concluded his visits to major countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with a meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

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Pop legend makes Oricon history

Singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya, 68, became the first person in Oricon Inc.'s history to have at least one No. 1 album in every decade for six decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, as her new best-of album topped the Oricon charts in the week that ended Sunday, the company announced…

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