Japan Wrings Its Hands Over Sumoâs Latest Woes
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A debate over whether, and how, the ancient sport of sumo should change is rooted in a quintessentially Japanese conflict between tradition and modernity.
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Japan is considering aid for North Korea, its first since 2004 when it halted shipments over the abduction issue.
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Sumo is a way for older Japanese-Brazilians to teach younger generations about their cultural heritage.
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UFJ, the Japanese bank in the midst of a takeover battle, is to get a $6.4bn injection of cash from its suitor to help it cope with massive bad loans.
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When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves across a country that links its national identity to the sport.
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TOKYO : Debt-ridden Japanese retailer Daiei is considering seeking help from a state-backed corporate body, reversing an earlier reluctance after pressure from its creditors, officials said.
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Japan's ruling party is likely to see big losses in the Upper House elections on Sunday.
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An announcement could come at the Tokyo Game Show later this month.
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In Japan today, China has come to be regarded as a partner by the business class and a rival, if not outright adversary, by the political class.
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Japan&#39;s littlest princess turned three on Wednesday as authorities grappled with the issue of whether to make legal changes that would one day allow her ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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&quot;Revival starts with a cleanup,&quot; said post-World War II finance minister Juichi Tsushima on August 17, 1945. And a convoluted cleanup in Japan&#39;s banking business is what is under way today.
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A recent surge in product recalls has many fearing that Japan may be losing its edge to South Korea and China.
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Negotiating with North Korea is rarely anything but bumpy. But in recent months, Japan once got close to getting Pyongyang&#39;s commitment to rejoin the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)-but Tokyo blew it.
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A young foreign wrestler at the pinnacle of Japan&#39;s ancient sport of sumo thumbs his nose at conservative elders in a highly public indiscretion, then falls into melancholy and begs to go home after being punished.
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The birth of a male heir ends for now the debate over whether women should be allowed to ascend JapanÂs throne.
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Japan stood by its refusal to give aid to North Korea on Tuesday unless Pyongyang settles a feud over Japanese kidnapped decades ago, adding a new twist to this week's talks on ending the North's nuclear arms program.
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Japan is set to agree on a resumption of  U.S. beef imports, suspended for five months due to concerns  about mad cow disease, when senior officials of the two  governments hold talks later on Tuesday, Japanese officials  said.