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Court Ruling Is Latest Setback For Japan's Working Women
A Supreme Court decision in Japan this week, widely viewed as a setback for women's rights and a victory for conservative family values, upheld a 19th-century law that requires married couples to adopt one surname for legal purposes. The ruling underscores the persistent challenges for working women in Japan, despite government rhetoric and some pr...
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Nagasaki to Mark 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Japan on Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki that claimed tens of thousands of lives in one of the final chapters of World War II.
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'Let's Do Lunch', Says US First Lady Michelle Obama to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Michelle Obama suggested a lunch date with Shinzo Abe at his wife's restaurant today, offering the Japanese prime minister a place at her table next time she is in town.
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'Crisis' in Girls Education, Says US First Lady Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama spoke today of a "crisis" gripping the world as she launched an initiative to help get girls into education, on the second day of her trip to Japan.
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Extra-terrestrial Tweet-up links Tokyo with space
An unusual "Tweet-up" -- a meeting of people who know each other on Twitter -- involving an ambassador, an astronaut and a prime minister has taken place on a video-link between Japan and the International Space Station.
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Shinzo Abe sees World War One echoes in Japan-China tensions
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compared current tensions between Japan and China to rivalry between Britain and Germany on the eve of World War One
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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appoints first ever female aide
Japan's Shinzo Abe on Friday named the country's first ever female aide to the prime minister.
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Court Ruling Is Latest Setback For Japan's Working Women
A Supreme Court decision in Japan this week, widely viewed as a setback for women's rights and a victory for conservative family values, upheld a 19th-century law that requires married couples to adopt one surname for legal purposes. The ruling underscores the persistent challenges for working women in Japan, despite government rhetoric and some pr...
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Nagasaki to Mark 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Japan on Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki that claimed tens of thousands of lives in one of the final chapters of World War II.
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'Let's Do Lunch', Says US First Lady Michelle Obama to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Michelle Obama suggested a lunch date with Shinzo Abe at his wife's restaurant today, offering the Japanese prime minister a place at her table next time she is in town.
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'Crisis' in Girls Education, Says US First Lady Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama spoke today of a "crisis" gripping the world as she launched an initiative to help get girls into education, on the second day of her trip to Japan.
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Extra-terrestrial Tweet-up links Tokyo with space
An unusual "Tweet-up" -- a meeting of people who know each other on Twitter -- involving an ambassador, an astronaut and a prime minister has taken place on a video-link between Japan and the International Space Station.
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Shinzo Abe sees World War One echoes in Japan-China tensions
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compared current tensions between Japan and China to rivalry between Britain and Germany on the eve of World War One
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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appoints first ever female aide
Japan's Shinzo Abe on Friday named the country's first ever female aide to the prime minister.
