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The shrine is seen by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression because it includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal among the 2 ...

TOKYO: In response to the rising price of rice, retailers, restaurant chains and food-product manufacturers are taking steps to deal with the situation. They are trying to absorb the costs by ...

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Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...