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I don't have words: Boss of torched Japan animation studio mourns staff
Thursday's attack on Kyoto Animation, well known for its television series and movies, was the worst mass killing in two decades in a country with one of the world's lowest crime rates
 "I don't have words: Boss of torched Japan animation studio mourns staff")
At least 33 killed in 'appalling' arson attack on Japanese animation studio
Police detained a 41-year-old man who had shouted "die" as he poured what appeared to be petrol around the three-storey Kyoto Animation building
 "At least 33 killed in 'appalling' arson attack on Japanese animation studio")
No easy exit in sight from worst Japan-South Korea spat in decades
Japan is also considering removing South Korea from a list of trusted export markets, a move that could affect a broader swath of products
 "No easy exit in sight from worst Japan-South Korea spat in decades")
More people are shifting to rental cars in Japan, but not to travel
Service providers in Japan were flummoxed when they found that many customers returned their vehicles with no mileage logged at all
 "More people are shifting to rental cars in Japan, but not to travel")
This is going to be prolonged war with Japan: Korean Prez warns biz leaders
The dispute has moved into the economic arena what the two see as proper contrition for Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula
 "This is going to be prolonged war with Japan: Korean Prez warns biz leaders")
In mini trade war between Japan and South Korea, China may be the winner
Japan's move to restrict exports of certain materials to South Korea only hurts the big players and helps Beijing
 "In mini trade war between Japan and South Korea, China may be the winner")
Japan forced to evacuate more than million residents due to heavy rains
It said a total of 1.12 million people in Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures had been ordered to evacuate to shelters, and that landslides had swept away several cars and buried a house in Kagoshima
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Japan mass stabbing: Atleast two dead, 17 injured in Kawasaki attack
Police said one suspect, a man, had been detained
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Japan's private MOMO-3 rocket reaches outer space for first time
The rocket, about 10 meters (32 feet) long and 50 centimeters (1.5 feet) in diameter, weighs about 1 ton. The rocket is capable of putting payloads into orbit
 "Japan's private MOMO-3 rocket reaches outer space for first time")
Emperor Naruhito ascends throne as 'Reiwa' era begins in Japan
Naruhito officially became emperor at the stroke of midnight but the process was formalised with a 10-minute ritual on Wednesday morning
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Japan's Emperor to abdicate throne for the first time in 2 centuries today
In a set of solemn ceremonies, Emperor Akihito will hand over to his eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito
Japan's shrinking population leaves record 8 million homes empty
The number jumped by 260,000 in a twice-a-decade survey released by the government on Friday, reaching 13.6 per cent of housing
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Understanding the business of Japan's cherry-blossom season
The Japanese government wants to attract 40 million foreign visitors by 2020-when it hosts the Olympics-up from a record 31.2 million in 2018
 "Understanding the business of Japan's cherry-blossom season")
Japan's business sentiment hits 2-year low, trade war stings manufacturing
A private business survey showed manufacturing activity in Japan contracted for a second straight month in March, with output down at the sharpest rate in nearly three years
 "Japan's business sentiment hits 2-year low, trade war stings manufacturing")
Defining Japan in just one word
Today Japan will announce the name of its new "era", a historical event and a precursor to the royal succession
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Japan's plan to resume commercial whaling draws flak from Australia
Suga said in a statement Japan won't hunt the sea mammals in the Southern Ocean or the southern hemisphere, where whalers sometimes fight off environmental activists with water cannons
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Japan's cabinet approves a record $900-billion draft budget for FY 2019-20
The proposed spending level compares with this year's initial 97.7 trillion yen and sets a record for a seventh straight year
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How does Japan define 2018? With a Chinese character meaning 'disaster'
Throughout 2018, Japan endured a steady series of hammer blows
 "How does Japan define 2018? With a Chinese character meaning 'disaster'")
Shedding Fukushima fears, Japan's nuclear industry makes a comeback
Japan is on track to have nine reactors running in the near future
 "Shedding Fukushima fears, Japan's nuclear industry makes a comeback")
Why urns with ashes of the dead are piling up by the thousands across Japan
With Japanese wages barely growing, and many children of the elderly living on pensions themselves, managing death costs, including arranging for their burial, can be a burden