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85% of those surveyed say manga is good for children

In a nationwide poll on reading conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun, 85% of respondents said they "agree" or "somewhat agree" that it is good for children to read manga. The percentage of those saying they "disagree" or "somewhat disagree" came to 12%.

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Speculation swirls over Hu's sudden exit from party congress

Speculation is rife among foreign media over the real reason former Chinese President Hu Jintao was escorted out of the closing ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party's national congress in Beijing.

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Discussions begin on power, fuel subsidies

Government discussions began Wednesday on relief measures against the soaring prices of electricity, city gas and gasoline, according to several sources.

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Government panel experts to review standards for 'right to question' in probe of Unification Church

In preparation for an investigation of the religious group commonly known as the Unification Church under the Religious Corporations Law, the first meeting of the Cultural Affairs Agency's expert panel agreed Tuesday that standards should be set for the proper exercise of the government's "right to ask questions."

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Talks on pension benefits for future generations begin

Discussions on ways to raise the level of basic public pension benefits ahead of the 2025 reform of the pension system have started.

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Ex-PM Noda delivers eulogy in Diet for Abe

Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan delivered a eulogy for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon.

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Goto becomes new minister for economic revitalization

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday appointed Shigeyuki Goto, who served as the health, labor and welfare minister in his first Cabinet, as economic revitalization minister.

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Delayed action on Yamagiwa situation deepens LDP wounds

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Buffaloes ace Yamamoto earns back-to-back Sawamura Awards

Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been named the top starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball for the second year running.

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TIFF rolls out red carpet to delight of stars, fans

The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival opened Monday with stars walking the red carpet for the first time since the pandemic started.

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Japan wary over Xi's stance

Japan is growing wary over the increasingly hard-line policies of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who on Sunday began an unprecedented third term in office.

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Families call for rescue of abductees held in N.Korea

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea held a rally in Tokyo on Sunday to call for the immediate return of abductees still in the North.

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Midfield maestro Nakamura plays last professional match

Yokohama FC midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura played his last match as a professional soccer player Sunday in a J2 league game against Roasso Kumamoto in Kumamoto City.

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Semikawa becomes 1st amateur to win Japan Open in 95 yrs

For the first time in 95 years, an amateur has won the Japan Open Golf Championship.

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150 countries, regions confirmed for 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo

The number of countries and regions that have said they will attend the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo has reached the Japanese government's target of 150, sources have said.

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Xi's firm grip on power foments discontent

BEIJING -- With the Chinese Communist Party's new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee packed with President Xi Jinping's close allies, dissatisfaction and concern within the party over the concentration of power in Xi appear to be bubbling under the surface.

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Japan, Australia demonstrate quasi-alliance

PERTH, Australia -- A new joint declaration by Japan and Australia to deepen their security cooperation has clearly established a quasi-alliance between the two countries.

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6 months on, search continues for victims of Shiretoko boat tragedy

SAPPORO -- With Sunday marking six months since a sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido with no survivors among the 26 passengers and crew members, authorities were engaged in an intensive search for the six whose remains have still not been found.

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'Covert' effort to boost yen sends shock waves through markets

The recent "covert" currency intervention by the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan sent shock waves through markets, as it was conducted without coordination with foreign authorities and came after the Tokyo market closed and before the weekend in overseas markets, when trading is light.

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Emperor visits Okinawa for 1st time since enthronement

The Emperor and Empress visited Okinawa on Saturday for the first time since the Emperor's accession to the throne.

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Japan government ruling parties mull 20 trillion yen. economic measures

The government and ruling parties are mulling a plan to spend 20 trillion yen on a comprehensive package of economic measures to help deal with rising prices. The content and scale of the measures will be thrashed out this week and the government will make a Cabinet decision on Oct.…

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Displaced kids get a helping hand in Toyoko area of Shinjuku

For the past several years, many young people with nowhere else to go have hung out in the Toyoko area of the Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, where they are sometimes entangled in violence and sexual assault.

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Minister admits to photo with Unification Church leader

Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa admitted Friday at a press conference after a Cabinet meeting that he posed in a group photo with Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, officially called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, in Aichi Prefecture in 2019.

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Who is responsible for slips, trips and falls in stores?

Anyone can trip on a step or slip on a wet floor. But if falls happen in stores, the matter can sometimes end up in the hands of courts, which have to determine whether the accident was due to inadequate management of the facility or carelessness on the part of…

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Kishida calls for more expansive calculation of defense spending

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed government ministries and agencies to consider a new framework under which budgets related to public infrastructure and research projects would be counted in the nation's defense-related expenditures.

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