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An advisory panel will start discussions later this month to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases, Justice ...

Move over, Portland. Mill Ends Park, at 452 square inches, just lost the Guinness World Record for world's smallest park to the itsiest bitsiest park in Nagaizumi, Shizuoka Prefecture — about an hour ...

Uematsu supports the part-time chefs by taking charge of procurement and preparation of ingredients behind the scenes. The ...

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"Underlying inflation is still below 2%," Shinichi Uchida said in a speech to business leaders in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. "Tightening monetary policy in this situation would suppress ...

A recent trial by the Marine Corps of an experimental landing ship ended with the vessel failing to offload equipment at a ...