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Japan orders evacuations and cancels 500 flights as Typhoon Dolphin approaches
People cover a roof, damaged by the July 28 earthquake, with a plastic sheet in the town of Hikawa in Kumamoto Prefecture on Thursday to prepare for the approaching typhoon.
Bank of America sees yen jumping 6% by end of 2026
The Bank of America expects the yen to strengthen about 6% against the dollar by year-end following coordinated currency intervention by the U.S. and Japanese governments.
Senior LDP official points to Abe-era lessons for Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi campaigns alongside Koichi Hagiuda ahead of the Lower House election, in Tokyo in October 2024.
How one Japanese couple made the 1920s and ¡¯30s into a way of life
Haruhiko Kohri and Kayo Asai stand outside their meticulously re-created "bunka jutaku" home in Tokyo.
Japan to add five-year stay period for Type 2 foreign workers
Holders of the Type 2 specified skilled foreign worker status are currently granted periods of stay for six months, one year, two years or three years.
The hidden details that shape professional sumo
A Wanpaku Sumo tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in July 2016
Current permanent residency applications to be judged using new income criteria
Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Disinformation abounds online in aftermath of Kumamoto quake
Television screens in Tokyo show news coverage of a powerful earthquake hitting Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28. Some social media accounts have claimed that shaky footage of the quake was fake.
Japan defense report says China challenge must be met with ¡®overall national strength¡¯
Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers walk in front of a Type 88 surface-to-ship missile launcher, during the Balikatan annual joint military exercises at Culili Point Sand Dunes, in Paoay, Philippines, on May 6.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Japan¡¯s earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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