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From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
 
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
 
The lawmaker, sometimes said to be long on image and short on substance, has won praise for bringing down the price of rice.
 
 
 
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
 
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Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
 
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In tariff talks with the U.S., Japan may have blinked
 
Tokyo is backing off from its insistence that all new tariffs be removed, according to a Friday report by the Asahi Shimbun.
 
 

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