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At least 94 dead from the brutal heat wave gripping Japan: Precautions for children

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At least 217 die after floods and landslides hit Japan with the elderly especially suffering

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Japan death toll now reaches 156 after brutal floods and landslides kill many

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Japan floods and landslides have killed at least 50 people with Hiroshima and Ehime being hard hit

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Execution of 7 Aum Shinrikyo members in the Tokyo Sarin attack is bringing Heisei Era to a close

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Japan fears repercussions of US halting military exercises with South Korea: Glee in Russia

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Japan and China take small steps to prevent air and sea clashes in territorial areas of overlap

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Art of Zen Buddhism in Japan: Hakuin Ekaku

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Japan remains skeptical about North Korea but is sidelined based on the over-reliance on America

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