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Anti-Japan protests occur for 2nd day as China gov't urges restraint

Politics › 06:30 PM JST - 17th October

BEIJING — Anti-Japan demonstrations took place for a second day in China despite its government's implicit call for restraint, with protesters reportedly…

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Gov't to revise bill to boost politicians' power over bureaucrats

Politics › 01:02 PM JST - 17th October

TOKYO — The government is close to deciding to revise a bill related to its plan to set up a national strategic…

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• Japan, Indonesia to boost language education for nurses (9)
• 17-year-old girl arrested for using classmate's ID to get hostess job (23)
• Ryoko versus Ryoko in battle of TV tax inspectors (2)
• APEC ministers agree to boost food production, facilitate farm trade
• 13 Japan firms to found new company to drive nuclear plant sales abroad (5)
• Toyota testing assistance robot for stroke patients (2)
• Lotte stays alive to take Game 4 of PL Climax Series (1)
• Vatican canonizes first Australian saint, five others (3)
• What way of life, custom, product or service from your childhood do you have fond memories of and that you miss because it is no longer around or gone out of fashion? (44)

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Japan, Indonesia to boost language education for nurses

National › 06:33 AM JST - 17th October

TOKYO — Japan and Indonesia have agreed to boost Japanese language education for Indonesian nurses and caregivers coming to Japan…

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17-year-old girl arrested for using classmate's ID to get hostess job

Crime › 04:24 AM JST - 17th October

TOKYO — A 17-year-old high school student has been arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of illegally obtaining her 18-year-old classmate's…

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Ryoko versus Ryoko in battle of TV tax inspectors

Entertainment › 06:29 AM JST - 17th October

TOKYO — This seems to be the season for TV dramas about tax investigators with Ryoko Shinohara and Ryoko Yonekura…

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APEC ministers agree to boost food production, facilitate farm trade

Politics › 03:16 PM JST - 17th October

NIIGATA — Pacific Rim economies agreed Sunday on the need to boost agriculture production and facilitate farm trade and investment…

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• Anti-Japan protests occur for 2nd day as China gov't urges restraint (22)
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13 Japan firms to found new company to drive nuclear plant sales abroad

Business › 06:30 AM JST - 17th October

TOKYO — Twelve private-sector Japanese firms and the government-controlled Innovation Network Corporation of Japan will found a new company on…

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• Japanese firms wary after massive anti-Japan protest in China (26)
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Toyota testing assistance robot for stroke patients

Technology › 06:40 AM JST - 17th October

NAGOYA — Toyota Motor Corp and Fujita Health University are testing a robot that would help stroke patients who are…

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Lotte stays alive to take Game 4 of PL Climax Series

Sports › 05:00 PM JST - 17th October

FUKUOKA — Shunsuke Watanabe pitched a shutout into the ninth inning, Makoto Imaoka homered and the Lotte Marines beat the…

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Vatican canonizes first Australian saint, five others

World › 04:47 PM JST - 17th October

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI gave Australia its first saint on Sunday, canonizing a nun who was briefly excommunicated and…

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