Sumo hazing allegations rock Japan
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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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Senior Japanese officials expressed anger Tuesday after the arrest of a U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, with the prime minister calling the situation "unforgivable."
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A U.S. Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl on the southern island of Okinawa, police said on Monday, triggering anger from an area where the U.S. military presence is widely resented.
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The country of Japan revels in Ichiro Suzuki's record-breaking season.
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Japan denounces a US resolution calling on Tokyo to apologise over wartime sex slaves.
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UFJ Holdings Inc.&#39;s commercial banking unit is being raided by Tokyo prosecutors, after the nation&#39;s financial regulators filed a criminal complaint against the nation&#39;s fourth-largest lender for obstructing an audit.
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Japan plans to lodge a strong protest with North Korea over a dispute tied to the communist state's abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, a news report said Friday.
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The video accuses Australia of opposing Japanâs whaling practices because of its âprejudice and racism.â
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Yoshiaki Murakami has become a lightening rod for public ire at JapanÂs tilt toward American-style capitalism.
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Sumo is a way for older Japanese-Brazilians to teach younger generations about their cultural heritage.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Tens of thousands of Japanese are living in makeshift accommodations as aftershocks rock Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo.
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Japanese authorities are investigating the alleged rape of a teenager by four US Marines in southwestern Japan last weekend, officials and media said Friday
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TOKYO : Japan has accused North Korea of presenting false evidence over the fate of victims it kidnapped more than two decades ago.
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Young sumo grand champion Hakuho threw down controversial rival Asashoryu Sunday in a nail-biting contest, winning the January tournament that has gripped national attention for weeks.
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The abuse of conscripts in the Russian military -- known as hazing or &quot;rule of the grandfathers&quot; (&quot;dedovshchina&quot;) in Russian -- is a widespread problem that independent monitors say claims several thousand lives each year.
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Japanâs nationalists are fanning fury over abductions decades ago by North Korea, still a burning issue.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls for greater discipline from defence officials following a series of scandals.