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Race to find survivors after deadly Japan quake, landslides
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Race to find survivors after deadly Japan quake, landslides

  Rescuers scrabbled through mud for survivors Thursday after a powerful earthquake sent hillsides crashing down onto homes in Japan,…
Survey finds Japan med schools admitting men at higher rates
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Survey finds Japan med schools admitting men at higher rates

  A government survey sparked by a discrimination scandal has found most Japanese medical schools admit male applicants at a…
Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport
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Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport

  A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded…
Strongest typhoon in quarter century batters Japan
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Strongest typhoon in quarter century batters Japan

  The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, with more than a million people urged…
Honey the lonely dolphin, abandoned in Japanese aquarium, sparks public outcry
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Honey the lonely dolphin, abandoned in Japanese aquarium, sparks public outcry

  The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in…
North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan
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North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan

  North Korea still poses a “serious and imminent threat”, Japan said Tuesday in its first annual defense review since…
Japan emperor expresses ‘deep remorse’ over war; PM sends offering to shrine
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Japan emperor expresses ‘deep remorse’ over war; PM sends offering to shrine

  Emperor Akihito, in his last appearance as reigning monarch at an annual ceremony marking Japan’s World War Two surrender,…
Japan bracing as strong typhoon heads for Tokyo
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Japan bracing as strong typhoon heads for Tokyo

  Japan is bracing for heavy rains and high winds on Wednesday as a strong typhoon is forecast to make…
Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary
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Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary

  Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city with a somber ceremony Monday…
Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan
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Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan

  A powerful storm slammed into central Japan on Sunday, bringing heavy rains as it churned across western areas already…
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