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  • Sharp's business partners anxious

    Anxiety about Sharp Corp.'s business downturn is spreading among its business partners across the nation....

  • Duty-free shops may open in arrival areas

    The tourism ministry plans to allow duty-free shops to open outlets in the arrival area at Narita Airport and other international airports to enable travelers to buy duty-free goods before going through entry procedures, ministry sources said....

  • 3 Chinese ships sail near Senkaku Islands

    Three Chinese surveillance ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday morning, their third incursion since Sept. 11, when the government nationalized some of the islets, the Japan Coast Guard said....

  • China's move to placate citizens / Though anniversary ceremony canceled, channels for talks still open

    BEIJING--The Chinese government apparently canceled a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations to show Chinese citizens it will not back down on its claim to the Senkaku Islands....

  • Young gangs involved in Roppongi murder?

    An unsolved brutal murder in a busy nightclub has raised further fears about a deterioration in public safety in Tokyo's Roppongi district, where the number of reported assaults has more than doubled in the past nine years....

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