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  2. The Japan Times - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.japantimes.co.jp. The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. [1][2] It is published by The Japan Times, Ltd. (株式会社ジャパンタイムズ, Kabushiki gaisha Japan Taimuzu), a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in the Kioicho Building (紀尾井町ビル, Kioicho Biru ...

  3. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    663. The Japanese navy is decisively defeated in the Battle of Baekgang, marking the withdrawal of Japan from Korean politics. 665. First coastal defences of Kyushu were built at what is now the Ōnojō Castle Ruins. 668. The Ōmi Code was adopted starting the Ritsuryō law system.

  4. Statue of Hachikō - Wikipedia

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    The Japan Times played an April Fools' joke on readers by reporting that the bronze statue was stolen a little before 2:00 AM on April 1, 2007, by "suspected metal thieves". The false story told a very detailed account of an elaborate theft by men wearing khaki workers' uniforms who secured the area with orange safety cones and obscured the ...

  5. Kobe child murders - Wikipedia

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    The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on March 16 and May 27, 1997.. Two victims, Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka), aged 10, and Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun), aged 11, were murdered by a 14-year-old boy reportedly named Shinichiro Azuma (東 真一郎, Azuma Shin'ichirō ...

  6. Japan Typhoon Shanshan – live: Tropical storm brings record ...

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    A body was found in the river, and authorities are continuing their investigation, The Japan Times reported. As the storm moves east, officials are urging people to stay safe and avoid riverbanks.

  7. Jiji Press - Wikipedia

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    Jiji has news bureaus throughout Japan and in many major cities worldwide. Jiji is the third-largest shareholder in Dentsu, holding 5.85% of the outstanding stock (16.9 million shares) as of December 2016. [4]

  8. Horiyoshi III - Wikipedia

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    Tattoo artist. Known for. Irezumi (Japanese full-body) tattoos. Spouse. Mayumi Nakano. Website. www.ne.jp /asahi /tattoo /horiyoshi3. Horiyoshi III (Japanese: 三代目彫よし, Hepburn: Sandaime Horiyoshi, born 1946 as Yoshihito Nakano (中野 義仁)) is a horishi (tattoo artist), specializing in Japanese traditional full-body tattoos, or ...

  9. Taiji dolphin drive hunt - Wikipedia

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    In June 2008, Aera, a Japanese weekly journal, reported that the whale and dolphin meat sold in Taiji contained 160 times higher levels of mercury, and hairs from eight men and women had 40 times higher levels, based on a research conducted by the National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD). The NIMD published the full data of the research ...