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Japan's envoy set to return to Seoul after diplomatic spat over 'comfort women'
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Japan's ruling party calls for Thaad deployment to counter North Korea threats
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8 people, including students, feared dead in avalanche at ski resort in Japan
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Elderly in Japan offered funeral discounts in return for driver's licence to cut car accidents
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Tomoya Hosoda becomes first transgender man to be elected to public office in Japan
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Eye in the sky: Japan launches spy satellite to watch North Korea amid rising nuclear threat
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