Japan prince urged to make time for parents: report
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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito should visit his parents more often palace officials have said in an unusually frank piece of advice, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may order a new study of the government's role in forcing women to act as sex slaves for soldiers during World War Two, the head of a group of ruling party lawmakers seeking such a step said on Thursday.
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Tokyo - The parents of a 24-year-old Japanese traveller who was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq said on Sunday they hoped for peace in the insurgency-torn country and apologised for the trouble caused by the crisis.
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Japan urged North Korea on yesterday to return to six-way talks on the North&#39;s nuclear weapons program in a third day of meetings focusing on the fate of missing Japanese citizens kidnapped by Northern spies, Japanese officials said.
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The parents of a British woman killed in Japan while working as an English teacher there have received a message from the father of a man being hunted by police, according to a newspaper report Sunday.
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Japan is trying to agree on dates for fence-mending summits between its new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the leaders of China and South Korea, a senior Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday.
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Japan's prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe,   turned his attention on Thursday to the line-up for his cabinet   amid concerns about how the hawkish, youthful leader will cope   with diplomatic and economic challenges ahead.
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TOKYO - Japan on Friday increased pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to take the initiative in investigating the cases of his country&#39;s abductions of Japanese in a prompt and sincere manner, warning Tokyo could otherwise impose economic
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NOGATA, Fukuoka -- The elder brother of the Japanese man found murdered in Baghdad said his parents were unable to respond when a city official visited on Sunday due to shock.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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Japan's prime minister calls for increased co-operation with China, at the end of a four-day trip to the country.
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TOKYO &#151; The birth of the first male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne in four decades does not resolve the imperial family's looming succession crisis, Japan's palace chief said through a spokesman Wednesday.
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Japan sought international help on Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead him unless Tokyo withdraws its troops.
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A top Japanese business leader expressed hope Monday that the impending betrothal of the emperor&#39;s only daughter would help bolster Japan&#39;s economy, now showing signs of a slowing recovery.
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Japanese Emperor Akihito has expressed pain that his eldest son had complained publicly about the stress suffered by the crown princess, who is under pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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Japan's Princess Kiko has given birth to the royal family's first boy in more than 40 years, easing a succession crisis and silencing calls to let a woman lead the world's oldest monarchy.
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Japan&#039;s finance minister urged the central bank Friday to watch the market reaction to North Korea&#039;s recent missile tests, ahead of the Bank of Japan&#039;s meeting next week when the bank may raise interest rates for the first time in six years.