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+ Kitajima breaks 200m breaststroke world record + Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, Athens Olympic double gold medallist, broke a world record Sunday in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the ...

+ Japanese melon sells for more than $6,000 + A marine products dealer in Japan plunked down a record $6,125 Friday for a black Densuke watermelon -- grown only on the northern ...

+ Sumo stars live large in L.A. + For the first time in 27 years, Grand Sumo -- the All-Star Game of this ancient sport -- has come to Los Angeles. And with it, 40 or ...

+ Japanese lawmakers want to triple cigarette prices + A group of Japanese lawmakers on Friday called for a tripling of cigarette prices to nearly 10 dollars a pack in a bid to cover ...

+ Guinness: Japanese TV host is world's busiest + Flick through a few channels on Japanese TV and Monta Mino is most likely there. And the world's most prolific television presenter, ...

+ In landmark move, Japan to recognise indigenous people + Japan is set this week to recognise the Ainu as an indigenous people, in a landmark move for a nation that has long prided itself as ...

+ In warming war, Japanese urged to bathe faster + Speedier family baths could help Japanese cut their burgeoning energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions tied to global ...

+ 34 Japanese evacuated from apartment as man commits suicide with poisonous fumes + Japanese police evacuated 34 people from an apartment building Wednesday after a man apparently killed himself by mixing chemicals ...

+ Japanese woman found hanged on Korean Air flight + A 29-year-old Japanese woman was found hanged inside the toilet of a Korean Air flight as the plane was preparing to land at Incheon ...

+ Japanese customs reunited with lost dope + Japanese customs have been reunited with the 142g of cannabis they mislaid at Tokyo's Narita airport during a drugs-busting test ...

+ Dog misses planted drugs in Japan, customs embarrassed + Japanese customs officials apologized Monday for putting cannabis in an unsuspecting passenger's luggage but no one has come forward ...

+ Fukuda to give up wearing ties to contribute to energy-saving + Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will give up stubbornly wearing ties during work hours in order to help contribute to the government's ...

+ Sumo: Kotooshu becomes 1st European to win Emperor's Cup + Bulgarian yogurt is no longer the country's most well-known export to Japan. That honor belongs to Kotooshu, who exorcised his own [...] Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday to enter the history books as the first European wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup. (Kyodo)

+ Matchmaking industry to introduce quality certification system + Eight major marriage-service companies joined hands on Friday to improve the public's confidence in the complaint-ridden industry. ...

+ Teacher had nude pics of student on cell phone + A 31-year-old middle school teacher was arrested on suspicion of having a high school girl send nude photos of herself to his mobile ...

+ Fukuoka policeman held for allegedly aiding teenage prostitution + A 56-year-old officer of the Fukuoka prefectural police was arrested Sunday on suspicion of helping a 17-year-old girl to engage in ...

+ Japan's silos key to relieving rice shortage + The United States and Japan are poised to strike a deal that will remove one of the most widely reviled distortions in global rice ...

+ Ruling parties agree on bill criminalizing possession of child porn + A project team of the ruling coalition basically agreed Friday on a bill to stiffen the law against child prostitution and child ...

+ Suspended prison term given to creator of computer virus + The Kyoto District Court gave a suspended prison term Friday to a graduate student who in January became the first person arrested in ...

+ US should let Japan sell its US rice: NGO + The United States should allow Japan to sell its 1.5 million tons of imported US rice or give it to the World Food Program to help ...

+ Japanese city finds opium poppies grown for festival + A Japanese city has been forced to destroy thousands of flowers grown for a local festival after a police officer noticed they were ...

+ Japanese Internet Satellite Hits 1.2Gbps + Engineers testing a recently launched Japanese data communications satellite have succeeded in establishing a two-way Internet link ...

+ 5 arrested in Japanese weapons scandal + Five Japanese company officials were arrested Tuesday for alleged fraud in a widening scandal over a government project to remove ...

+ Paul McCartney 'horrified' as his eco car is flown 7,000 miles from Japan + Sir Paul McCartney is said to be "horrified" that his new eco-friendly car was flown 7,000 miles from Japan. The Lexus LS600H, which ...

+ Nikkei climbs to 4-month high + Japan's key stock index rose to its highest in four months Wednesday as investors welcomed the dollar's stability and upbeat earnings ...